Mark 9:6

Mark 9:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
• New International Version (NIV)(He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified.
• New King James Version (NKJV)because he did not know what to say, for they were greatly afraid.

Context of Mark 9:6

4Then Elijah and Moses appeared in front of the three disciples. Elijah and Moses were talking with Jesus. 5So Peter said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, it is good that we are here. Please let us build three huts. One hut will be for you. One hut will be for Moses. And one hut will be for Elijah.’ Peter did not really know what to say. That was because the three disciples were very afraid. 7Then a cloud appeared and it covered them all. A voice spoke from the cloud and it said, ‘This is my Son, and I love him. Listen to him.’ 8At that moment, the three disciples looked around. They saw that nobody else was there now. Only Jesus was there with them.

Mark 9:6 word by word

οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει τί ἀποκριθῇ, ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• he wistεἴδωeidō · to perceive: knowG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• to sayλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• they wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• sore afraidἔκφοβοςekphobos · terrifiedG1630

Cross-references for Mark 9:6

• Mark 16:5When the women went into the hole in the rock, they saw a young man there. He was sitting in there on the right side and he wore bright white clothes. The women were very afraid.
• Daniel 10:15While he was saying this to me, I was looking down at the ground. I could not speak.
• Revelation 1:17When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead person. Then he put his right hand on me, and he said to me, ‘Do not be afraid! I am the one who is the first and also the last.

Commentaries on Mark 9:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2-10Verses 2-10 And after six days … - See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 17:1-9. Mark 9:3 No fuller - Rather, no “scourer.” The office of the person here mentioned was to “scour” or “whiten” cloth; not to “full” it, or to render it thicker. Mark 9:6 He wist not - He “knew not.” He was desirous of saying something, and he knew not what would be proper.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The idea to put up three shelters as memorials treats Moses, Elijah, and Jesus as equals (see Leviticus 23:33–43; Numbers 29:12–34). But this idea ignored Peter’s earlier confession that Jesus is the Messiah (Mark 8:29). It also ignored that only Jesus had been transfigured (his appearance changed and showed his glory, 9:2–3).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 9:6

• Jesus, the Christ
• Mountain
• Peter

In the dictionaries

• Foam
• Rising
• Teach
• Transfiguration, the
• Unbelief
• Worm
• Answer
• Criticism of the Bible
• Elijah
• James

Commentaries on Mark 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings