Mark 8:31

Mark 8:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
• New International Version (NIV)He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Context of Mark 8:31

29He asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah!” 30He ordered them not to tell anyone about him. Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man would have to suffer a lot. He taught them that he would be rejected by the leaders, the chief priests, and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. He would be killed, but after three days he would come back to life. 32He told them very clearly what he meant. Peter took him aside and objected to this. 33Jesus turned, looked at his disciples, and objected to what Peter said. Jesus said, “Get out of my way, Satan! You aren’t thinking the way God thinks but the way humans think.”

Mark 8:31 word by word

καὶ ἤρξατο διδάσκειν αὐτοὺς ὅτι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου πολλὰ παθεῖν καὶ ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων καὶ τῶν ἀρχιερέων καὶ τῶν γραμματέων καὶ ἀποκτανθῆναι καὶ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀναστῆναι·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he beganἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• to teachδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• mustδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• sufferπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
• many thingsπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• be rejectedἀποδοκιμάζωapodokimazō · to rejectG593
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the eldersπρεσβύτεροςpresbuteros · elder (leader)G4245
• the chief priestsἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• scribesγραμματεύςgrammateus · scribeG1122
• be killedἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• threeτρεῖςtreis tria · ThreeG5140
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• rise againἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450

Cross-references for Mark 8:31

• Mark 9:31because he was teaching his disciples. He taught them, “The Son of Man will be betrayed and handed over to people. They will kill him, but on the third day he will come back to life.”
• Mark 10:33“We’re going to Jerusalem. There the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to foreigners.
• Matthew 16:21From that time on Jesus began to inform his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem. There he would have to suffer a lot because of the leaders, the chief priests, and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. He would be killed, but on the third day he would be brought back to life.
• Matthew 17:22While they were traveling together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man will be betrayed and handed over to people.
• Matthew 20:17When Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he took the twelve apostles aside and said to them privately,
• Luke 9:22Jesus said that the Son of Man would have to suffer a lot. He would be rejected by the leaders, the chief priests, and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. He would be killed, but on the third day he would come back to life.
• Luke 18:31Jesus took the twelve apostles aside and said to them, “We’re going to Jerusalem. Everything that the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will come true.
• Luke 24:6He’s not here. He has been brought back to life! Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee.
• Mark 12:10Have you never read the Scripture passage: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
• 1 Samuel 8:7The Lord told Samuel, “Listen to everything the people are saying to you. They haven’t rejected you; they’ve rejected me.
• 1 Samuel 10:19But now you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and distresses. You said, ‘No! Place a king over us.’ Now then, stand in front of the Lord by your tribes and family groups.”
• Psalms 118:22The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by people. He was a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering. He was despised like one from whom people turn their faces, and we didn’t consider him to be worth anything.
• Matthew 21:42Jesus asked them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The Lord is responsible for this, and it is amazing for us to see’?
• Luke 17:25But first he must suffer a lot and be rejected by the people of his day.
• John 12:48Those who reject me by not accepting what I say have a judge appointed for them. The words that I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

Commentaries on Mark 8:31

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-38Verses 27-38 See this passage illustrated in the notes at Mark 8:32 He spake that saying openly - With boldness or confidence, or without parables or figures, so that there could be no possibility of misunderstanding him. Mark 8:38 Ashamed of me - Ashamed to own attachment to me on account of my lowly appearance and my poverty. And of my words - My doctrines, my instructions. This adulterous and sinful generation - This age given to wickedness…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-33Verses 27-33 These things are written, that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. These miracles of our Lord assure us that he was not conquered, but a Conqueror. Now the disciples are convinced that Jesus is the Christ; they may bear to hear of his sufferings, of which Christ here begins to give them notice. He sees that amiss in what we say and do, of which we ourselves are not aware, and knows what manner of spirit we are of, when we…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31God thought it necessary for Jesus to suffer (see also 9:11; 13:7, 10). The elders, leading priests, and teachers of religious law caused his suffering. But it was ultimately God's will (see 10:33; 11:18, 27; 14:1, 43, 53). The death of Jesus would not be the end. Three days later, he would rise from the dead. after three days: This has the same meaning as "on the third day" and "will be three days and three nights" (Matthew 16:21; Luke 9:22; Matthew…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 8

• 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