Mark 3:5 “And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, He saith unto the man, 'Stretch forth thine hand.' And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.”
Jesus always seemed to draw a crowd. Well, it was actually three crowds in one. First, there was the folks gathered around to receive healing, then those who came to watch and see if healing would actually take place, finally, there was the ever-present “scribes and Pharisees.” This last bunch needed to disprove our Lord, to catch Him in a lie, so that they could keep the power they held over the people.
And, there they were again, watching to see if Jesus would heal on the Sabbath. This is where I see that the image so many millions hold of Jesus falls apart.
As you can tell by today's passage, Jesus was angry, not the frightened milquetoast that we see in so many paintings. Our Lord is the Lamb of God, but He is also the Lion of the tribe of Judah. He will be coming back soon, maybe a few years, maybe a few minutes. We need to be ready.
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