Mar 3:3-4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 3:3-4: 3:3-4 Jesus challenged his enemies’ view that doing good deeds was forbidden on the Sabbath (cp. Luke 13:10-17 ). • To destroy . . . life may refer to an incident in which the Maccabees decided to fight if attacked on the Sabbath ( 1 Maccabees 2:32-41). These great Jewish heroes were willing to kill on the Sabbath, yet the Pharisees would not allow good deeds on the Sabbath . Jesus’ question shamed them into silence but did not change their hearts (Mark 3:5 ).

bLuke 13:10-17►

cMark 3:5►

‏ Mark 3:3-4

Summary for Mark 3:3-4: 3:3-4 ^a Jesus challenged his enemies’ view that doing good deeds was forbidden on the Sabbath (cp. Luke 13:10-17 ^b).

• To destroy . . . life may refer to an incident in which the Maccabees decided to fight if attacked on the Sabbath (1 Maccabees 2:32-41). These great Jewish heroes were willing to kill on the Sabbath, yet the Pharisees would not allow good deeds on the Sabbath. Jesus’ question shamed them into silence but did not change their hearts (Mark 3:5 ^c).