King James Version
What Does Mark 6:5 Mean?
“And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.”
Context
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Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. offended: scandalized in, or, by him
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But Jesus said unto them , A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
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And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
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And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
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And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(5) **He laid his hands.**—St. Matthew says simply, “not many miracles.” The fuller description is peculiar to St. Mark.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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