King James Version
Mark 3:10 in the King James Version says “For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. pressed: or, rushe...” — study this verse from Mark chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. pressed: or, rushed”
Mark 3:10 · KJV
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. pressed: or, rushed
And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“many”
G4183(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“he had healed”
G2323to wait upon menially, i.e., (figuratively) to adore (god), or (specially) to relieve (of disease)
“insomuch that”
G5620so too, i.e., thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow)
“they pressed upon”
G1968to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“had”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“plagues”
G3148a whip (literally, the roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease)
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