Mark 9:31
in Mark 9because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”
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ASV
For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.
KJV
For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
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This verse in Mark 9
Commentary
11 notes on this verseFor he taught his disciples, and said unto them,.... What he had some little time before suggested to them; see Mar 8:31. The son of man is delivered into the hands of men: in one of Beza's copies it is read, "sinful men", as in Luk 24:7 and so the Persic version reads here, and adds rebellious.
This site's exposition
Jesus did not want anyone to know
on Mark 9:30-32
Jesus was teaching His disciples the second prediction, that the Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. The word delivered will be used of Judas's betrayal, and it also names God's own giving up of the Son.
This site's exposition
will be delivered into the hands of men
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the Greek puts delivered in the present tense, to show how near the event stood. Matthew Henry observes that Jesus never spoke of his death without his resurrection. That hope should have taken away their grief.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church4 voices
And departing from there, they passed through Galilee, and he did not want anyone to know. But he was teaching his disciples, and saying to them, "The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And after …
(in Marc. 3, 39) He always mingles together sorrowful and joyful things, that sorrow should not by its suddenness frighten the Apostles, but be borne by them with prepared minds.
Everywhere Jesus joined the word about His suffering with miracles, so that they would not think that He suffered out of weakness. And now, having said the sorrowful word that "they will kill Him," He adds also the joyful one – that "on the third …
It is after miracles that the Lord inserts a discourse concerning His Passion, lest it should be thought that He suffered because He could not help it; wherefore it is said, And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee: and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But still it is observable that when Christ spoke of his death, he alway spoke of his resurrection, which took away the reproach of it from himself, and should have taken away the grief of it from his disciples.
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
See the notes at Mat 17:22-23. Mar 9:31 Is delivered - Is given to men to make an atonement by his sufferings and death, and will in due time be taken and killed.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
For he taught his disciples, and said unto them--"Let these sayings sink down into your ears" (Lu 9:44); not what had been passing between them as to His grandeur, but what He was now to utter. The Son of man is delivered--The use of the present tense expresses how near at hand He would have them to consider it.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
proposed
The dullness of the disciples in spiritual things appears once more, as soon as this announcement was made. There was good in the tidings as well as seeming evil — sweet as well as bitter — life as well as death — the resurrection as well as the cross. But it was all darkness to the bewildered twelve. "They did not understand what He was saying, and were afraid to ask." Their minds were still full of their mistaken ideas of their Master's reign upon earth. They thought that His earthly kingdom was immediately to appear. Never are we so slow to understand, as when prejudice and pre-conceived opinions darken our eyes. The immense importance of our Lord's death and resurrection comes out strongly in this fresh announcement which He makes. It is not for nothing that He reminds us again that He must die. He would have us know that His death was the great end for which He came into the world. He would remind us that by that death the great problem was to be solved — how God could be just, and yet justify sinners. He did not come upon earth merely to teach, and preach, and work miracles. He came to make satisfaction for sin, by His own blood and suffering on the cross. Let us never forget this. The incarnation, and example, and words of Christ, are all of deep importance. But the grand object which demands our notice in the history of His earthly ministry, is His death on Calvary. Let us mark, in the second place, in these verses, the ambition and love of pre-eminence which the apostles exhibited. "By the way they disputed among themselves who was the greatest." How strange this sounds! Who would have thought that a few fishermen and publicans could have been overcome by envious rivalry, and the desire of supremacy?
The words behind it
26 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐδίδασκεν | edidasken | He was teaching | G1321 → | 96 times |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → | 1039 times |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| μαθητὰς | mathetas | disciples | G3101 → | 260 times |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἔλεγεν | elegen | He was saying | G3004 → | 1325 times |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| ὁ | ho | The | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| υἱὸς | huios | Son | G5207 → | 377 times |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀνθρώπου | anthropou | of Man | G444 → | 549 times |
| παραδίδοται | paradidotai | is delivered | G3860 → | 119 times |
| εἰς | eis | into [the] | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| χεῖρας | cheiras | hands | G5495 → | 175 times |
| ἀνθρώπων, | anthropon | of men, | G444 → | 549 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἀποκτενοῦσιν | apoktenousin | they will kill | G615 → | 74 times |
| αὐτόν, | auton | Him, | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἀποκτανθεὶς | apoktantheis | having been killed | G615 → | 74 times |
| μετὰ | meta | on [the] | G3326 → | 461 times |
| τρεῖς | treis | third | G5140 → | 69 times |
| ἡμέρας | hemeras | day | G2250 → | 389 times |
| ἀναστήσεται. | anastesetai | He will arise. | G450 → | 107 times |
ἐδίδασκενHe was teaching
edidaskenG1321 →96 times
γὰρfor
garG1063 →1039 times
τοὺςthe
tousG3588 →19766 times
μαθητὰςdisciples
mathetasG3101 →260 times
αὐτοῦof Him
autouG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἔλεγενHe was saying
elegenG3004 →1325 times
αὐτοῖςto them
autoisG846 →5565 times
ὅτιthat
hotiG3754 →1292 times
ὁThe
hoG3588 →19766 times
υἱὸςSon
huiosG5207 →377 times
τοῦ<the>
touG3588 →19766 times
ἀνθρώπουof Man
anthropouG444 →549 times
παραδίδοταιis delivered
paradidotaiG3860 →119 times
εἰςinto [the]
eisG1519 →1755 times
χεῖραςhands
cheirasG5495 →175 times
ἀνθρώπων,of men,
anthroponG444 →549 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἀποκτενοῦσινthey will kill
apoktenousinG615 →74 times
αὐτόν,Him,
autonG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἀποκτανθεὶςhaving been killed
apoktantheisG615 →74 times
μετὰon [the]
metaG3326 →461 times
τρεῖςthird
treisG5140 →69 times
ἡμέραςday
hemerasG2250 →389 times
ἀναστήσεται.He will arise.
anastesetaiG450 →107 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 16:21From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must…
it leads to
- Luke 24:6–7
He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
- Matthew 17:22–23
When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
- Matthew 20:17–19
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
- Matthew 17:12
But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at…
- 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- Luke 24:6–7
Through
Mark 9:12He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
it leads to
- Isaiah 53:1–12
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
- Isaiah 50:6
I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Isaiah 53:1–12
Through
Mark 8:31Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three…
it leads to
- Mark 10:33–34
“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to…
- Mark 10:33–34
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, On the Gospel of Mark; Bede, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Mark and Theophylact of Ohrid, Catena Aurea by Aquinas.