Mar 3:7-9 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 3:7-12: 3:7-12 Jesus’ departure to the lake (the Sea of Galilee) sets the scene for 4:1–5:43 . The multitude that came to see John the Baptist (1:7 ) was surpassed by the multitude that came to see Jesus. • Idumea was a region in southern Judea that had been occupied by the Edomites after the Exile. • Tyre and Sidon were Phoenician cities on the Mediterranean coast that Jesus later visited (7:24 , 31 ).

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‏ Mark 3:7-9

Summary for Mark 3:7-12: 3:7-12 ^a Jesus’ departure to the lake (the Sea of Galilee) sets the scene for 4:1–5:43 ^b. The multitude that came to see John the Baptist (1:7 ^c) was surpassed by the multitude that came to see Jesus.

• Idumea was a region in southern Judea that had been occupied by the Edomites after the Exile.

• Tyre and Sidon were Phoenician cities on the Mediterranean coast that Jesus later visited (7:24 ^d, 31 ^e).
3:9 ^f The boat probably belonged to Peter and Andrew or to James and John. The crowd’s desire to see Jesus was so great that he needed to escape the crush of people (4:1 ^g; 5:24 ^h, 31 ⁱ).