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Mark 3:7-9

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Crowds by the Sea

3:7 Then 1  Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. 2  And from Judea, 3:8 Jerusalem, 3  Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, 4  and around Tyre 5  and Sidon 6  a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done. 3:9 Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd 7  would not press toward him.

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

2 tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

4 tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity. The region referred to here is sometimes known as Transjordan (i.e., “across the Jordan”).

5 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

6 sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions.

map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

7 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.



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