English Standard Version
Mark 2:19
19And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Mark 2:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can’t fast while the groom is with them.
Context of Mark 2:19
17And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." 18Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. 21No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.
Read all of Mark 2Mark 2:19 word by word
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· μὴ δύνανται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος ἐν ᾧ ὁ νυμφίος μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐστιν νηστεύειν; ὅσον χρόνον ἔχουσιν τὸν νυμφίον αὐτῶν οὐ δύνανται νηστεύειν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- Canμήmē · notG3361
- Canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
- the childrenυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- of the bridechamberνυμφώνnumphōn · bridegroomG3567
- fastνηστεύωnēsteuō · to fastG3522
- whileἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- whileὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- the bridegroomνυμφίοςnumphios · bridegroomG3566
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- as long asχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
- as long asὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
- they haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- themἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- they cannotοὐou · noG3756
Cross-references for Mark 2:19
- Genesis 29:22So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast.
- Judges 14:10His father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, for so the young men used to do.
- Psalms 45:14In many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions following behind her.
- Matthew 25:1"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Commentaries on Mark 2:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Can the children of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? - Among the Hindoos, large parties of friends, belonging both to the bride and bridegroom, attend on both during the wedding day; on the following day, when the bridegroom leaves the house of his father-in-law, the attendants are filled with sorrow, especially the near relations. - Ward's Customs.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-22Verses 19-22 See the notes at Matthew 9:15-17.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-22Verses 18-22 Strict professors are apt to blame all that do not fully come up to their own views. Christ did not escape slanders; we should be willing to bear them, as well as careful not to deserve them; but should attend to every part of our duty in its proper order and season.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20Jesus was like a bridegroom at his wedding, so fasting was not appropriate. It was a time to celebrate (Luke 15:23–25, 32). The disciples would fast after Jesus went up to heaven (see Acts 13:2–3; 14:23).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 2
- 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
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- 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
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