MARK 3:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The religious leaders there were watching him closely to see if he would heal the man on the rest day, and then if he did, they would have a case against him.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And they were watching him closely, if he will heal him on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse him.

UST Since it was the Jewish day of rest, the Pharisees who were there focused on Jesus to see whether he would cure the man. They wanted to accuse Jesus of disobeying the laws about not working on the Sabbath.

BSB In order to accuse [Jesus], they were watching {to see} if He would heal on the Sabbath.

BLB And they were watching Him, whether He will heal him on the Sabbaths, in order that they might accuse Him.

AICNT And they watched him closely, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

OEB And they watched Jesus closely, to see if he would cure the man on the Sabbath, so that they might have a charge to bring against him.

WEBBE They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him.

LSV and they were watching Him, whether on the Sabbaths He will heal him, that they might accuse Him.

FBV Some of those there were watching Jesus to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath, because they were looking for a reason to accuse him of breaking the law.

TCNT Now the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him.

T4T Some men of the Pharisee sect watched him carefully in order to see whether he would heal the man ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. They did this in order that if he healed the man, they would accuse him of disobeying their Jewish laws, because he worked ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►.

LEB And they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they could accuse him.

BBE And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.

Moff and they watched to see if he would heal him on the sabbath, so as to get a charge against him.

Wymth They closely watched Him to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath—so as to have a charge to bring against Him.

ASV And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

DRA And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days; that they might accuse him.

YLT and they were watching him, whether on the sabbaths he will heal him, that they might accuse him.

Drby And they watched him if he would heal him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him.

RV And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

SLT And they were observing him narrowly, if in the sabbaths he will heal him; that they might accuse him.

Wbstr And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him.

KJB-1769 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

KJB-1611 And they watched him, whether hee would heale him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And they watched hym, whether he woulde heale hym on the Sabboth daye, that they myght accuse hym.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Gnva And they watched him, whether he would heale him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
(And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. )

Cvdl And they marked him, whether he wolde heale him on the Sabbath, that they might accuse him.
(And they marked him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, that they might accuse him.)

TNT And they watched him to se whether he wolde heale him on the Saboth daye that they might accuse him.
(And they watched him to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day that they might accuse him. )

Wycl And thei aspieden hym, if he helide in the sabatis, to accuse him.
(And they aspieden him, if he healed in the sabbaths, to accuse him.)

Luth Und sie hielten auf ihn, ob er auch am Sabbat ihn heilen würde, auf daß sie eine Sache wider ihn hätten.
(And they/she/them held/kept on/in/to him/it, if/whether he also in/at/on_the sabbath him/it heal would, on/in/to that they/she/them a/one matter against him/it would_have.)

ClVg Et observabant eum, si sabbatis curaret, ut accusarent illum.[fn]
(And they_were_observing him, when/but_if sabbaths to_take_care_oft, as accusarent him. )

3.2 Et observabant. BEDA. Quia discipulos probabiliter excusaverat: ipsum observant, ut si in sabbato curet, transgressionis: si non curet, crudelitatis aut imbecillitatis arguant. Licet sabbatis benefacere. ID. Arguit, quod legis præcepta prava interpretatione violant, æstimantes in sabbato a bono feriandum, cum lex dicat, etc., usque ad similitudinem præposuit de ove, et conclusit quod licet sabbato benefacere. Animam. ID. Hominem totum per partem significat. Vel quia propter animam hoc faciebat, vel quod hæc manus sanatio animæ salutem significat. Perdere. ID. Non quod summe pius quemquam possit perdere, sed ejus non salvare est perdere. Sicut dicitur indurasse cor Pharaonis, non quod obduravit, sed obduratum non emollivit.

3.2 And they_were_observing. BEDA. Because disciples probabiliter excusaverat: him observant, as when/but_if in/into/on on_the_sabbath curet, transgression: when/but_if not/no curet, crudelitatis or imbecillitatis arguant. It’s_possible sabbaths to_do_good. ID. Arguit, that law commands(n) wicked interpretatione violant, brasstimantes in/into/on on_the_sabbath from good feriandum, when/with the_law let_him_say, etc., until to similarity beforeposuit from/about ove, and conclusit that although on_the_sabbath to_do_good. Animam. ID. Hominem whole through part means. Or because because the_soul this he_was_doing, or that these_things hands healedo soul health means. Perdere. ID. Not/No that summe pious/devout anyone can to_lose, but his not/no to_save it_is to_lose. Like it_is_said indurasse heart Pharaonis, not/no that obduravit, but obduratum not/no emollivit.

UGNT καὶ παρετήρουν αὐτὸν, εἰ τοῖς Σάββασιν θεραπεύσει αὐτόν, ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ.
(kai paretaʸroun auton, ei tois Sabbasin therapeusei auton, hina kataʸgoraʸsōsin autou.)

SBL-GNT καὶ παρετήρουν αὐτὸν εἰ τοῖς σάββασιν θεραπεύσει αὐτόν, ἵνα ⸀κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ.
(kai paretaʸroun auton ei tois sabbasin therapeusei auton, hina ⸀kataʸgoraʸsōsin autou.)

RP-GNT Καὶ παρετήρουν αὐτὸν εἰ τοῖς σάββασιν θεραπεύσει αὐτόν, ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ.
(Kai paretaʸroun auton ei tois sabbasin therapeusei auton, hina kataʸgoraʸsōsin autou.)

TC-GNT Καὶ παρετήρουν αὐτὸν εἰ τοῖς σάββασι θεραπεύσει αὐτόν, ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ.
(Kai paretaʸroun auton ei tois sabbasi therapeusei auton, hina kataʸgoraʸsōsin autou. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:1–6: Jesus healed a man on the rest day and angered the Pharisees

In this section, Mark continued to tell about how the Pharisees opposed Jesus. The Pharisees had decided that healing a person on the Sabbath was work. The Jewish religious law prohibited work on the Sabbath. So the Pharisees criticized Jesus because he worked on the Sabbath.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

The Man with a Paralyzed Hand (GNT)

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath (NLT)

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 12:9–14 and Luke 6:6–11.

Paragraph 3:1–6

Verse 3:1 provides the background for the story that is told in 3:2–6. It introduces the people in the story and the place where it happened.

3:2

In 3:2, there are three clauses in Greek. The BSB has changed the Greek order of these clauses by moving the purpose statement from 3:3c to 3:3a. If it followed the Greek order it would read: They were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath in order to accuse Jesus. See the General Comment on 3:2a–c at the end of 3:2c regarding the order of the clauses in this verse.

3:2a

In order to accuse Jesus,

So that they could accuse Jesus of breaking the Jewish law.
They wanted to bring a charge against Jesus.
They were hoping for an excuse/reason to prosecute Jesus for breaking the law.

In order to accuse Jesus: This is a purpose clause. Jesus’ enemies wanted to accuse Jesus. In order to accuse him, they were watching him (3:2b).

In some languages it may be natural to move this to the beginning of the sentence as the BSB does or place it in a new sentence. For example:

They wanted to accuse Jesus

They were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus

accuse Jesus: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as accuse Jesus means “to say that he is doing wrong things.” This is a term that describes what a person does in court when he says that someone has done something wrong. It can also be translated as:

bring a charge against Jesus

prosecute him

In some languages it may be necessary to say what the men wanted to accuse Jesus of doing. It may be possible to say:

accuse Jesus of doing wrong

accuse him of breaking the law

charge him with working on the rest day

3:2b

they were watching

some of the people there watched Jesus carefully
some men there were closely observing Jesus

they were watching: The phrase they were watching means that some of the people in the synagogue carefully observed everything Jesus did. This verse does not indicate who these people were. However, the context makes it clear that they were some of Jesus’ enemies from the Pharisee party. In some languages it may be necessary to make that explicit. For example:

The Pharisees (CEV)

Jesus’ enemies (NLT)

See the notes on “the Pharisees” and “Pharisees" in 3:6a.

3:2c

to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

to see if Jesus would heal the man on the Sabbath day,
to find out if Jesus would make the man well on the rest day.

to see if He would heal: The pronoun He refers to Jesus. In some languages, the verb heal may require an explicit object so you may need to mention the man with a withered hand by pronoun or explicitly. For example:

to see if Jesus would heal the man with the paralyzed hand

to see if Jesus would heal him

on the Sabbath: The BSB capitalizes the word Sabbath, other translations do not capitalize it (sabbath). In many languages it is probably not necessary to capitalize the term for Sabbath. However, if you decide to capitalize it, you should capitalize it consistently in your translation. The word Sabbath is the name of the seventh and last day of the week for the Jews. This was the special day in the week when they rested and worshipped God. The Law of Moses said that the Jews must not work on that day (Deuteronomy 5:12–15).

Here are some other ways to translate Sabbath:

the Jewish rest day

the day for resting

the day to rest and worship God

If the word Sabbath is already known in your area, you may write it according to the sounds of your language. You may also want to include a phrase to explain the meaning. For example:

the Sabat, the Jews’ day for resting

Be careful that the term you choose is not confused with Sunday, the day when Christians worship. The Sabbath for the Jews began at sundown on Friday and went until sundown on Saturday. You may want to include a footnote to give more information. For example:

The Sabbath is a name for the seventh day of the week. It is the day when the Jews rested from work and worshipped God.

General Comment on 3:2a–c

In some languages, it may be more natural to reorder the verse parts in 3:2 in a similar way to the BSB.

Use a natural order in your language.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

παρετήρουν αὐτὸν, εἰ τοῖς Σάββασιν θεραπεύσει αὐτόν, ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ

˱they˲_˓were˒_watching_closely (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί παρετήρουν αὐτόν εἰ τοῖς Σάββασιν θεραπεύσει αὐτόν ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ)

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the last clause gives the reason for the result that the first and second clauses describe. Alternate translation: [And they wanted to accuse him. So, they were watching him closely, if he will heal him on the Sabbaths]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

παρετήρουν αὐτὸν & κατηγορήσωσιν

The pronouns they and they refer to the Pharisees who were there, as [3:6](../03/06.md) shows. If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to them more directly. Alternate translation: [the Pharisees were watching him closely … they might accuse]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

τοῖς Σάββασιν

˱on˲_the Sabbaths

See how you translated this phrase in [2:23](../02/23.md). Alternate translation: [on a Sabbath day] or [during a Sabbath day]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ

˱they˲_˓may˒_accuse ˱against˲_him

Here Mark implies that they would accuse Jesus of breaking the Sabbath commandments. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [they might accuse him of wrongdoing] or [they might accuse him of breaking the law of Moses]