1 Kings 13:4

13:4 When the king heard what the prophet ¹  cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand ²  and ordered, ³  “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up ⁴  and he could not pull it back.

Zechariah 11:17

11:17 Woe to the worthless shepherd

who abandons the flock!

May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye!

May his arm wither completely away,

and his right eye become completely blind!”

Mark 3:1-4

Healing a Withered Hand

3:1 Then ⁵  Jesus ⁶  entered the synagogue ⁷  again, and a man was there who had a withered ⁸  hand. 3:2 They watched ⁹  Jesus ¹⁰  closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, ¹¹  so that they could accuse him. 3:3 So he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Stand up among all these people.” ¹²  3:4 Then ¹³  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.

[13:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:4]  ² tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”

[13:4]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[13:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”

[3:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[3:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:1]  ⁷ sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

[3:1]  ⁸ sn Withered means the man’s hand was shrunken and paralyzed.

[3:2]  ⁹ sn The term translated watched…closely is emotive, since it carries negative connotations. It means they were watching him out of the corner of their eye or spying on him.

[3:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:2]  ¹¹ sn The background for this is the view that only if life was endangered should one attempt to heal on the Sabbath (see the Mishnah, m. Shabbat 6.3; 12.1; 18.3; 19.2; m. Yoma 8.6).

[3:3]  ¹² tn Grk “Stand up in the middle.”

[3:4]  ¹³ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.