Mark 6:26
Context6:26 Although it grieved the king deeply, 1 he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.
Mark 3:5
Context3:5 After looking around 2 at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, 3 he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 4
1 tn Grk “and being deeply grieved, the king did not want.”
2 tn The aorist participle περιβλεψάμενος (peribleyameno") has been translated as antecedent (prior) to the action of the main verb. It could also be translated as contemporaneous (“Looking around…he said”).
3 tn This term is a collective singular in the Greek text.
4 sn The passive was restored points to healing by God. Now the question became: Would God exercise his power through Jesus, if what Jesus was doing were wrong? Note also Jesus’ “labor.” He simply spoke and it was so.