KJV: And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
YLT: and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon -- a great multitude -- having heard how great things he was doing, came unto him.
Darby: and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and beyond the Jordan; and they of around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard what things he did, came to him.
ASV: and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.
| Ἱεροσολύμων | Jerusalem |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: Ἱεροσόλυμα Sense: denotes either the city itself or the inhabitants. |
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| τῆς | - |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| Ἰδουμαίας | Idumea |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: Ἰδουμαία Sense: Idumaea, the name of a region between southern Palestine and the Arabian Petraea inhabited by Edom or Esau and his posterity. |
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| πέραν | beyond |
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Parse: Preposition Root: πέραν Sense: beyond, on the other side. |
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| Ἰορδάνου | Jordan |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Ἰορδάνης Sense: the one river of Palestine, has its course of little more than 200 miles (300 km), from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the head of the Dead Sea. |
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| περὶ | around |
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Parse: Preposition Root: περί Sense: about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near. |
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| Τύρον | Tyre |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: Τύρος Sense: a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean, very ancient, large, splendid, flourishing in commerce, and powerful by land and sea. |
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| Σιδῶνα | Sidon |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: Σιδών Sense: an ancient and wealthy city of Phoenicia, on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea, less than 20 miles (30 km) north of Tyre. |
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| πλῆθος | A multitude |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: πλῆθος Sense: a multitude. |
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| πολύ | great |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: πολύς Sense: many, much, large. |
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| ἀκούοντες | having heard |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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| ὅσα | how much |
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Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ὅσος Sense: as great as, as far as, how much, how many, whoever. |
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| ἐποίει | He was doing |
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Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ποιέω Sense: to make. |
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| ἦλθον | came |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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Greek Commentary for Mark 3:8
Masculine plural present participle, though πλητος plēthos is neuter singular (construction according to sense in both number and gender). This crowd by the sea came from Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond Jordan (Decapolis and Perea), Tyre and Sidon, Phoenicia, North, South, East, and Northwest, even from Idumea (mentioned here alone in the N.T.) won by John Hyrcanus to Palestine. “In our Lord‘s time Idumea was practically a part of Judea with a Jewish circumcised population” (George Adam Smith). Many of these were probably Gentiles (Phoenicia and Decapolis) and may have known only the Greek language. The fame of Jesus had spread through all the regions round about. There was a jam as the crowds came to Jesus by the Sea of Galilee. [source]
Imperfect tense. Others read ποιεῖ , he is doing. In either case the tense has a continuous force' what things he was doing or is doing. Note in Mark 3:7, Mark 3:8, Mark's accurate detail of places. See Introduction. The reasons for our Lord's withdrawing into a boat, given with such minuteness of detail in Mark 3:9, are also peculiar to Mark. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 3:8
Imperfect tense. Others read ποιεῖ , he is doing. In either case the tense has a continuous force' what things he was doing or is doing. Note in Mark 3:7, Mark 3:8, Mark's accurate detail of places. See Introduction. The reasons for our Lord's withdrawing into a boat, given with such minuteness of detail in Mark 3:9, are also peculiar to Mark. [source]
Compare Mark 3:8, where the order of the Greek words is reversed. In the former case the greatness of the mass of people is emphasized; in the latter, the mass of people itself [source]