Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 3:10

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 3:10 - 3:10

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 3:10 - 3:10

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10. Very graphic. He healed many by word or touch, so that those near Him were falling upon Him, and those at a distance were frantic to get near Him. Those on the outskirts would press forward all who were between them and Him. Like the woman with the issue (Mar 5:28), they believed that their laying hold of Him would be as efficacious as His laying His hands on them. Mt. and Lk. say that all were healed, Mt. repeating Mk’s ἐθεράπευσεν, while the physician has his characteristic ἰᾶτο. See on Mar 1:34. Field quotes Thuc. vii. 84. 3 in illustration.

μάστιγας. Distressing bodily diseases are meant (Mar 5:29; Luk 7:21), and the word implies Divine chastisement; ἀλλὰ Διὸς μάστιγι κακῇ ἐδάμημεν Ἀχαιοί (Hom. Il. xiii. 812; cf. Aesch. Prom. 682). In LXX. it is not used specially of disease.