Markus 2:23

Lord of the Sabbath

2:23 Jesus ¹  was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat ²  as they made their way.

Markus 3:1

Healing a Withered Hand

3:1 Then ³  Jesus ⁴  entered the synagogue ⁵  again, and a man was there who had a withered ⁶  hand.

[2:23]  ¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23]  ² tn Or “heads of grain.” While the generic term στάχυς (stacus) can refer to the cluster of seeds at the top of grain such as barley or wheat, in the NT the term is restricted to wheat (L&N 3.40; BDAG 941 s.v. 1).

[3:1]  ³ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[3:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:1]  ⁵ sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

[3:1]  ⁶ sn Withered means the man’s hand was shrunken and paralyzed.