Mark 2:20

Mark 2:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
• New International Version (NIV)But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.

Context of Mark 2:20

18Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?” 19Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast. But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast. 21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse. 22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins.”

Mark 2:20 word by word

ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• the daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• will comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• the bridegroomὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the bridegroomνυμφίοςnumphios · bridegroomG3566
• shall be taken awayἀπαίρωapairō · to take awayG522
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• shall they fastνηστεύωnēsteuō · to fastG3522
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thoseἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565

Cross-references for Mark 2:20

• Psalms 45:11Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!
• Isaiah 54:5For your husband is the one who made you – the Lord who commands armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called “God of the entire earth.”
• Isaiah 62:5As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
• John 3:29The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.
• 2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
• Revelation 19:7Let us rejoice and exult and give him glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
• Revelation 21:9Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!”
• Zechariah 13:7“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
• Matthew 26:31Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
• John 7:33Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.
• John 12:8For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”
• John 13:33Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, ‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.
• John 16:7But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
• John 17:11I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
• Acts 1:9After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.
• Acts 3:21This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

Commentaries on Mark 2:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20In those days - But instead of ̔, many of the best MSS. and versions read, ͅ ͅ ̔ͅ, in that day; viz. the day in which Jesus Christ should be delivered up to the Jews and Gentiles. Mill and Bengel approve of this reading, and Griesbach adopts it. The former part of the verse seems to vindicate the common reading.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

Topics related to Mark 2:20

• Bridegroom
• Jesus, the Christ

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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