Mark 6:5
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
KJV
καὶ οὐκ ἐδύνατο ἐκεῖ ποιῆσαι οὐδεμίαν δύναμιν, εἰ μὴ ὀλίγοις ἀρρώστοις ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας ἐθεράπευσεν.
Greek NT
Et non poterat ibi virtutem ullam facere, nisi paucos infirmos impositis manibus curavit :
Vulgate
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
ASV
And he could not do any miracles there, only that he cured a few that were sick, laying his hands upon them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ποιῆσαι οὐδεμίαν δύναμιν — SBLGNT
- ποιῆσαι οὐδεμίαν δύναμιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- οὐδεμίαν δύναμιν ποιῆσαι — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§699The hand. Jesus heals the sick and blesses little children by laying hands on them.51 In his name the apostles will do the same.52 Even more pointedly, it is by the Apostles' imposition of hands that the Holy Spirit is given.53 The Letter to the Hebrews lists the imposition of hands among the "fundamental elements" of its teaching.54 The Church has kept this sign of the all-pow…
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
Cross-references
- Acts 28:8 — And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
- Heb 4:2 — For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
- Isa 59:1 — Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
- Luke 13:13 — And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
- Mark 5:23 — And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
- Mark 9:23 — Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
- Matt 13:58 — And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
- Matt 13:58 — And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.