Mark 6:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He could not do any miracles there, except that He laid hands on a few sick people and healed them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἐκεῖ οὐδεμίαν δύναμιν ποιῆσαι, εἰ μὴ ὀλίγοις ἀρρώστοις ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας, ἐθεράπευσεν.

Transliteration

And not ēdynato there oudemian dynamin poiēsai, if not on few arrōstois epitheis the cheiras, etherapeusen.

Grammar Details

• *ēdynato*: imperfect middle/passive indicative, 3rd singular - was able [continuous]
• *oudemian*: accusative, feminine, singular - not one/none/no
• *dynamin*: accusative, feminine, singular - miracle/power/mighty work
• *poiēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to do/perform
• *arrōstois*: dative, masculine, plural - sick/ill people
• *epitheis*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having laid upon
• *cheiras*: accusative, feminine, plural - hands
• *etherapeusen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - healed [completed action]

Word Meanings

• *ēdynato*: was able/could/had power
• *dynamin*: miracle/mighty work/act of power
• *poiēsai*: to do/perform/make/accomplish
• *arrōstois*: sick/ill/infirm people
• *epitheis*: laying on/placing upon
• *etherapeusen*: healed/cured/made well

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people, and healed them.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he could {G3756} there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he coulde there shewe no miracles but leyd his hondes apon a feawe sicke foolke and healed the.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he coude not shew one miracle there, but layed his handes vpon a few sicke, and healed them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he could there doe no great workes, saue that hee layd his hands vpon a fewe sicke folke, and healed them,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he coulde there shewe no mightie worke: but layde his handes vpon a fewe sicke folke, and healed them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed [them].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he was not able there any mighty work to do, except on a few infirm people having put hands he did heal `them';

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

Referenced Verses

• Mark 5:23 : 23 He pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, 'My little daughter is dying. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live.'
• Mark 9:23 : 23 Jesus said to him, 'If you can? Everything is possible for the one who believes.
• Gen 19:22 : 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.)
• Matt 13:58 : 58 And he did not perform many miracles there because of their lack of faith.
• Gen 32:25 : 25 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
• Isa 59:1-2 : 1 Look, the arm of the LORD is not too weak to save, nor is His ear too dull to hear. 2 But your iniquities have created a divide between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
• Heb 4:2 : 2 For we have also received the good news, just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not united with faith in those who heard it.