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2. παρετήρουν. They kept watching Him closely. That they did so with a sinister purpose (Luk 20:20; Dan 6:11) comes from the context. The middle is more common, and some texts ([578][579][580][581]) have it here; it is used of observing ordinances scrupulously (Gal 4:10). From Mar 3:6 we learn that it was the Pharisees who watched Christ.
[578] Codex Alexandrinus. 5th cent. Brought by Cyril Lucar, Patriarch of Constantinople, from Alexandria, and afterwards presented by him to King Charles I. in 1628. In the British Museum. The whole Gospel. Photographic facsimile, 1879.
[579] Codex Ephraemi. 5th cent. A palimpsest: the original writing has been partially rubbed out, and the works of Ephraem the Syrian have been written over it; but a great deal of the original writing has been recovered; of Mark we have Mar 1:17 to Mar 6:31, Mar 8:5 to Mar 12:29, Mar 13:19 to Mar 16:20. In the National Library at Paris.
[580] Codex Bezae. 6th cent. Has a Latin translation (d) side by side with the Greek text, and the two do not quite always agree. Presented by Beza to the University Library of Cambridge in 1581. Remarkable for its frequent divergences from other texts. Contains Mark, except Mar 16:15-20, which has been added by a later hand. Photographic facsimile, 1899.
[581] Codex Sangallensis. 9th or 10th cent. Contains the Gospels nearly complete, with an interlinear Latin translation. The text of Mark is specially good, agreeing often with CL. At St Gall.
εἰ τοῖς σάββασιν θ. αὐτόν. To see if He will heal him on the Sabbath; cf. τί οἶδας εἰ τὸν ἄνδρα σώσεις; (1Co 7:16). In the Acta Pilati i. (ed. Tisch. 215), the Jews say that they have a law not to heal on the Sabbath, and yet Jesus healed all kinds of people on the Sabbath. When this accusation is made before Pilate, he asks “Is it for a good deed that they wish to put Him to death?” They say to Him, “Yea.” To formalists a breach of external propriety is more shocking than a breach of principle. As in Mar 2:8, Jesus reads their thoughts and replies to them both by word and action.