Chapter 3

Chapter 3: (Introduction to the Gospels, Coding Reference)

¹And he entered again into the sacred assembly, and a person, having the hand having had been withered^‹a›, was there. ²And they were watching him assiduously, if {within} the Sabbaths^‹b› he will treat him medically so that they might accuse him. ³And he says to the person, the one having the ┌withered┐ hand ╓having had been withered╖, “╓To have arisen╖ ┌Arise^you┐ into the one middle.”

⁴And he says to them, “Is it lawful {within} the Sabbaths^‹b› to have done good or to have done ill; to have rescued physical life or to have killed?”

Moreover, the ones were keeping silent. ⁵And he, having gazed around them being mortified with wrath upon the obtuseness of the heart of them, says to the person, “Stretch^you the hand ╓of you╖, not only did he stretch, but also the hand of him was restored ╓{the one} healthy as the one other╖.

⁶And ╓immediately╖ ┌straightway┐ the Pharisees, having gone forth, ╓were making╖ ┌were freely giving┐ counsel with the Herodians against him to the end that they might utterly destroy him.

⁷And the Jesus retreated with the adherents of him towards the sea, and a large ╓multitude╖ ┌multitude┐ from the Galilee followed ╓him╖, and from the Judea, ⁸and from a Jerusalem, and from the Idumaea, and across the Jordan River, and ╓the ones╖ around a Tyre and a Sidon. A large multitude, having heard as much as he was doing, came towards him.

⁹And he said to the adherents of him so that a small fishing boat may remain in attendance to him so that the crowd may not squeeze him. ¹⁰For he medically treated {the ones} many therefore to assail him; {the ones} as many as were having diseases so that they might contact him.

¹¹And whenever the spirits, the ones impure, ╓ascertained╖ ┌ascertained┐ him, ╓it was assaulting╖ ┌they were assaulting┐ him, and ╓it was screaming╖ ┌they were screaming┐ saying, “That you are the son of the god!” ¹²And mightily he was censuring them so that they might not make him prominent^‹c›.

¹³And he ascends into the mountain, and he addresses whom he was desiring, and they came forth towards him, ¹⁴and he made {the ones} twelve, ┌whom also he named earthly messengers,┐ so that they might be with him, and so that he may authoritatively send them to herald, ¹⁵and to have an authority ╓to medically treated the insanities and╖ to cast forth the inferior divine beings.

¹⁶┌And he made the ones twelve┐ and he placed upon the Simon ╓a name╖ ┌a┐ Peter; ¹⁷and a James, the one of the Zebedee, and a John, the brother of the James, and he placed upon them names Boanerges which is sons of a thunder; ¹⁸and an Andrew; and a Philip; and a Bartholomew; and a Matthew; and a Thomas; and a James the one of the Alphaeus; and a Thaddeus; and a Simon, the ╓Cananite^‹d›╖ ┌Cananean^‹d›┐; ¹⁹and a Judas Iscariot who also handed him over

²⁰And ╓they come╖ ┌he comes┐ into a home, and again ╓a╖ ┌the┐ crowd meets therefore not to be being able {to move towards} them, ╓and not╖ ┌not even┐ to have eaten a loaf of bread. ²¹And having heard, the ones beside him came forth to have seized him for they were saying, “Because he amazed^‹e›.”

²²And the scribes, the ones, having descended from a Jerusalem, were saying, “That he has a Beelzebul, and that within the ruler of the inferior divine beings he casts forth the inferior divine beings.”

²³And he, having addressed them within analogies, was saying to them,

“How is the adversary being able to cast forth the adversary?

²⁴And if a dominion would be disunited onto itself; that, the dominion, is not being able to have been stood.

²⁵And if a house would be disunited onto itself; that, the house, ╓is being able╖ ┌will be able┐ not to have been stood.

²⁶And if the adversary stood up onto itself, and it ╓has had been disunited╖ ┌was disunited┐; it is not being able ╓to have been stood╖ ┌to stood┐, but it has completion.

²⁷┬No┬┌But no┐! No one, having entered into the house of the one strong, is being able to have plundered the equipment of him, except he first would bind the one strong, and at that time he ╒will plunder╒ ╥might plunder╥ the house of him.

²⁸Truly, I say to you, “That all the faults will be dismissed to the sons of the humanity and as many as ┌the┐ defamations ┌if┐ they would slander. ²⁹Moreover who would slander into the spirit, the one sacred, he has not dismissal into the eon, but is he guilty of ╓judgment╖ ┌fault┐ lasting for an eon, ³⁰because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”

³¹╓Then╖ ┌And┐ the brothers ┌of him┐ and the mother of him ╓come╖ ┌comes┐, and ╓having had stood╖ ┌standing┐ outside, they, ╓summoning╖ ┌calling┐ him, sent authoritatively {a message} towards him. ³²And a crowd was seated around him, ╓moreover╖ ┌and┐ they ╓said╖ ┌say┐ to him, “Lo! The mother of you and the brothers of you and the sisters of you are seeking you outside.”

³³And ╓he replied, saying╖ ┌he, having replied, says┐ to them, “Who is the mother of me ╓or╖ ┌and┐ the brothers of me?”

³⁴And he, having gazed around the ones being seated surrounding around him, he says, “Observe^you! The mother of me and the brothers of me, ³⁵for who would do the will of the god, this one is a brother of me and a sister of me and a mother.”

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^‹a›Withered is the loss of functionality by becoming crippled because of the drying up of the flesh.

^‹b›The Greek is σαββάτον, sabbaton, meaning the Sabbath, or a period of seven days, or a week; the context is the seventh day, the Sabbath, however the Greek is plural so the plural translation.

^‹c›The Greek is φανερός, phaneros, meaning apparent, manifest, evident implying the true nature of Jesus as the son of God.

^‹d›Scholars are not in agreement as how to interpret the Greek Κανανίτης, Kanavitēs which is another form for Καναναῖος, Kanavaios. Some consider this to be one from Cana, but others see the αῖος ending signifying a sect and derived from the Aramaic for Zealot, thus that usage also occurs in translations. I have used the English transliteration equivalents for these, Cananite and Cananean, respectivefully.

^‹e›The Greek is ἐξίστημι, existēmi meaning to throw out of position, hence to amaze, astonish, throw into wonderment or it may be used negatively to describe one not having his right mind as being possessed by demons as commonly expressed through the gospels. The following verses imply this latter meaning.

Mark 1 ~ 2 ~ 4 ~ 5 ~ 6 ~ 7 ~ 8 ~ 9 ~ 10 ~ 11 ~ 12 ~ 13 ~ 14 ~ 15 ~ 16

updated: June 2009

original: December 2007

Contact: Jerome Scholle

Email: jscholle@christianbear.org