31 Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there.
31 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
31 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.
31 Then he went back in the meeting place where he found a man with a crippled hand.
31 And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.
31 Jesus went into the synagogue again and noticed a man with a deformed hand.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 3:1
Commentary on Mark 3:1-5
(Read Mark 3:1-5)
This man's case was piteous; he had a withered hand, which disabled him from working for his living; and those that are so, are the most proper objects of charity. Let those be helped that cannot help themselves. But stubborn infidels, when they can say nothing against the truth, yet will not yield. We hear what is said amiss, and see what is done amiss; but Christ looks at the root of bitterness in the heart, the blindness and hardness of that, and is grieved. Let hard-hearted sinners tremble to think of the anger with which he will look upon them shortly, when the day of his wrath comes. The great healing day now is the sabbath, and the healing place the house of prayer; but the healing power is of Christ. The gospel command is like that recorded here: though our hands are withered, yet, if we will not stretch them out, it is our own fault that we are not healed. But if we are healed, Christ, his power and grace, must have all the glory.