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 Living Translation (NLT)But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Context of Mark 2:20

18The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?” 19And 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. But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. 21No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. 22And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put 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 45:11So the King will greatly desire your beauty; Because He is your Lord, worship Him.
• Isaiah 54:5For your Maker is your husband, The Lord of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.
• Isaiah 62:5For as a young man marries a virgin, So shall your sons marry you; And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So shall your God rejoice over you.
• John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.
• 2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
• Revelation 19:7Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”
• Revelation 21:9Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”
• Zechariah 13:7“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion,” Says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• Matthew 26:31Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
• John 7:33Then Jesus said to them, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.
• John 12:8For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”
• John 13:33Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you.
• John 16:7Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.
• John 17:11Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
• Acts 1:9Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
• Acts 3:21whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

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