The Meaning of Mark 2:25 Explained

Mark 2:25

KJV: And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

YLT: And he said to them, 'Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

Darby: And he said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, he and those with him,

ASV: And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?

Discover Mark 2:25

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Mark 2:25?

MEANING: What does Mark 2:25 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Mark 2:25 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Mark 2:25?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  he  said  unto them,  Have ye never  read  what  David  did,  when  he had  need,  and  was an hungred,  he,  and  they that were with  him? 

What does Mark 2:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 2:23-28 - The Lord Of The Sabbath
The ritualist demands the outward, the conventional, the ancient usage of the past. Christ says, "Be natural." The needs of man, whether of body or of soul, are greater than ceremonial restriction. Ceremonies are only expressions of life, and where life is wanting, they are meaningless and void.
The withered hand, Mark 3:1-6. Through long disuse of powers which God has given, but which we have refrained from exercising, degeneration may have set in; Christ, however, bids us exert them again. In so far as we dare to obey, we shall find ourselves able. Dare to speak, or pray, or work, not at the impulse of your nature, but at His bidding, and you will suddenly find yourself given power.
The Apostolate, Mark 2:7-19. On three occasions Christ used the boat as His pulpit, Mark 4:1; Luke 5:3. We must be disciples (learners), before we can be apostles (those sent). As the Father sent the Master, so the Master sends us. Our mission is threefold-to bear Him company, to perform His errands, and to cast out devils. What infinite variety in the apostolic band! The Boanergic group of four; the group of questioners who were sometimes doubters; and the group of practical men, whose business capacity was a snare at least to one. If there was a traitor even amid the Twelve, who can expect to find his fields free from tares? [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 2

1  Jesus followed by multitudes,
3  heals a paralytic;
13  calls Matthew;
15  eats with tax collectors and sinners;
18  excuses his disciples for not fasting;
23  and for picking the heads of grain on the Sabbath day

Greek Commentary for Mark 2:25

Had need []
Mark adds this to the was an hungered, which is in both Matthew and Luke. The analogy lay in the necessity. The had need is generic; the was hungry is specific, describing the peculiar character of the need. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 2:25

Luke 6:3 What [ο]
Literally, which. Mark 2:25; Matthew 12:3 have τι — ti (what). [source]
Luke 6:3 which []
. Mark 2:25; Matthew 12:3 have τι — ti (what). [source]

What do the individual words in Mark 2:25 mean?

And He said to them Never did you read what did David when need he had hungered he those with him
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς Οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε χρείαν ἔσχεν ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ

λέγει  He  said 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω 
Sense: to say, to speak.
αὐτοῖς  to  them 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
Οὐδέποτε  Never 
Parse: Adverb
Root: οὐδέποτε  
Sense: never.
ἀνέγνωτε  did  you  read 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural
Root: ἀναγινώσκω  
Sense: to distinguish between, to recognise, to know accurately, to acknowledge.
Δαυὶδ  David 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: Δαβίδ 
Sense: second king of Israel, and ancestor of Jesus Christ.
χρείαν  need 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: χρεία  
Sense: necessity, need.
ἔσχεν  he  had 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἔχω  
Sense: to have, i.e. to hold.
ἐπείνασεν  hungered 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: πεινάω  
Sense: to hunger, be hungry.
οἱ  those 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.

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