# Connecting Statement:

Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath in the synagogue and shows how he feels about what the Pharisees had done with the Sabbath rules. The Pharisees and Herodians begin to plan to put Jesus to death.

# a man with a withered hand

"a man with a crippled hand"

# Some people watched him closely to see if he would heal him

"Some people watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal the man with the withered hand"

# Some people

"Some of the Pharisees." Later, in [Mark 3:6](./05.md), these people are identified as Pharisees.

# so that they could accuse him

If Jesus were to heal the man that day, the Pharisees would accuse him breaking the law by the working on the Sabbath. AT: "accuse him of wrongdoing" or "accuse him of breaking the law" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/synagogue]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sabbath]]