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Mark 2:3

And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.

KJV

καὶ ἔρχονται φέροντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸν αἰρόμενον ὑπὸ τεσσάρων.

Greek NT

Et venerunt ad eum ferentes paralyticum, qui a quatuor portabatur.

Vulgate

And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy, borne of four.

ASV

And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἴρω
airo
verb · 101×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
παραλυτικός
paralutikos
adjective · 10×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τέσσαρες
tessares
adjective · 41×
φέρω
phero
verb · 68×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: φέροντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸν | WH/NIV: φέροντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸν | Treg: πρὸς αὐτὸν φέροντες παραλυτικὸν | RP: πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸν φέροντες
  • φέροντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸνSBLGNT
  • φέροντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πρὸς αὐτὸν φέροντες παραλυτικὸνTregelles
  • πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸν φέροντεςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1421The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health,3 has willed that his Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of healing and salvation, even among her own members. This is the purpose of the two sacraments of healing: the sacrament of Penance and the sacrament of Anointing of th…

Cross-references

  • Acts 5:16 — There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
  • Luke 5:18 — And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
  • Luke 5:18 — And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
  • Mark 8:22 — And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
  • Matt 4:24 — And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lu
  • Matt 8:6 — And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
  • Matt 9:1 — And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.