He looked around at them one by one and then said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!
Parallel translations
- WEB He looked around at them all, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.
- KJV And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
- BSB And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.
- NKJV And when He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.
- NASB And after looking around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand!” And he did so; and his hand was restored.
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Quick answer
Jesus heals the man's withered hand completely. He demonstrates that doing good honors the Sabbath.
Overview
With a word, Jesus restores the man's hand, proving both his power and his point. The healing answers his own question in action: the Sabbath is for restoration and good. By doing this openly before his critics, Jesus reveals the compassion of God and his lordship over the day.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 4:6–7Yahweh said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
- Mark 3:5When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
- 1 Kgs 13:6The king answered the man of God, “Now intercede for the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.” The man of God interceded with Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before.
- John 5:8Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
- Ps 107:20He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
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