Mark 3:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed; {G846} and from Judaea,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν: καὶ πολὺ πλῆθος ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰουδαίας,

Transliteration

And the Iēsous anechōrēsen with the mathētōn of him pros the thalassan: and much plēthos from the Galilaias ēkolouthēsan him, and from the Ioudaias,

Grammar Details

• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus [subject]
• *anechōrēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - withdrew/departed [completed action]
• *mathētōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of disciples [association]
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - toward/to [direction]
• *thalassan*: accusative, feminine, singular - sea [direction]
• *plēthos*: nominative, neuter, singular - multitude/crowd [subject]
• *Galilaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of Galilee [source]
• *ēkolouthēsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - followed [completed action]
• *Ioudaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of Judea [source]

Word Meanings

• *anechōrēsen*: withdrew/departed/went away
• *mathētōn*: disciples/students/followers
• *thalassan*: sea/lake
• *plēthos*: multitude/crowd/great number
• *ēkolouthēsan*: followed/went after/accompanied

Referenced Verses

• Matt 4:25 : 25 And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and [from] beyond the Jordan.
• Luke 6:17 : 17 and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
• Matt 12:15 : 15 And Jesus perceiving [it] withdrew from thence: and many followed him; and he healed them all,
• Mark 1:39 : 39 And he went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.
• Luke 6:12 : 12 And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
• Luke 23:5 : 5 But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
• Matt 10:23 : 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
• Josh 20:7 : 7 And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
• Josh 21:32 : 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
• John 7:52 : 52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
• John 11:53-54 : 53 So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death. 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed thence into the country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there he tarried with the disciples.
• Acts 17:10 : 10 And the brethren immediately sent away {G5037} Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
• Acts 17:14 : 14 And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and {G5037} Silas and Timothy abode there still.
• Acts 14:5-6 : 5 And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them, 6 they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
• John 10:39-41 : 39 They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand. 40 And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there he abode. 41 And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.
• John 7:41 : 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?