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Mark 3 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus heals on the Sabbath, appoints the twelve apostles, faces accusations of being demonized, and redefines his true family. Below is a research summary for Mark 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 35
- verses
- 535 / 186
- Greek words / lemmas
- 34
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Mark 3 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| μήτηρ | mḗtēr | G3384 | 5 | mother |
| ἀδελφός | adelphós | G80 | 6 | brother |
| δύναμαι | dýnamai | G1410 | 5 | be able, can, could, may |
| οἰκία | oikía | G3614 | 4 | home, house |
| μερίζω | merízō | G3307 | 3 | deal, be difference between, distribute, divide |
| χείρ | cheír | G5495 | 4 | hand |
| Σατανᾶς | Satanâs | G4567 | 3 | Satan |
How preachers through history handled this text
34 public-domain excerpts on Mark 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It is a great comfort to all true Christians, that they are dearer to Christ than mother, brother, or sister as such, merely as relations in the flesh would have been, even had they been holy. Blessed be God, this great and gracious privilege is ours even now; for though Christ's bodily presence cannot be enjoyed by us, his spiritual presence is not denied us.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Mark 3:31–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Mark 3:22
- Galilee 1— Mark 3:7
- Judea 1— Mark 3:7
- Idumea— Mark 3:8
- Jordan— Mark 3:8
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