Markus 3:4-5

3:4 Then ¹  he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent. 3:5 After looking around ²  at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, ³  he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁴ 

[3:4]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[3:5]  ² tn The aorist participle περιβλεψάμενος (peribleyameno") has been translated as antecedent (prior) to the action of the main verb. It could also be translated as contemporaneous (“Looking around…he said”).

[3:5]  ³ tn This term is a collective singular in the Greek text.

[3:5]  ⁴ sn The passive was restored points to healing by God. Now the question became: Would God exercise his power through Jesus, if what Jesus was doing were wrong? Note also Jesus’ “labor.” He simply spoke and it was so.