The Good Eye and the Evil Eye
T. T. Lynch. Mark 3:1-5 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.… "They watched Him." And He watched them. But with what different eyes! The evil eye, like the eye of the serpent, confuses with distress, overcomes by pain; and a good eye, like the eye of man fronting the wild beast of the forest, subdues. But the evil eye makes us a prey; the good eye subdues the beast of prey itself. If we can but gaze calmly on the angry face of the world, we have already half tamed that great foe. Christ went on His daily course surrounded with evil eyes. He did indeed face the angry world. Men quailed before Him, multitudes hushed, and enemies whose tongue was arrogantly loud, were silenced. But think not that courage can be exerted even by the best without frequent anguish. To be watched by the unkind, even if we can maintain our composure and good will, inflicts a pang; and to be watched in time of festive and unsuspicious pleasure by the enemy, instead of being permitted to utter all with unusual freedom through the presence of kind sympathy — this is indeed distressing. (T. T. Lynch.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. WEB: He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered.