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AndκαὶJesus,ὁ Ἰησοῦςseeingἰδὼνthatὅτιheαὐτὸνhad answeredἀπεκρίθηwisely,νουνεχῶςsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ“You areεἶnotΟὐfarμακρὰνfromἀπὸthe kingdomτῆς βασιλείαςof God.”τοῦ θεοῦAndκαὶno oneοὐδεὶςdaredἐτόλμαany longerοὐκέτιto questionἐπερωτῆσαιhim.αὐτὸν
Mark 12:34
Study it in the app“And Jesus, seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared any longer to question him.”
With the Greek beneath
Mark 12:34, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- seeingἰδὼνidōn
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idōn” appears- had answeredἀπεκρίθηapekrithē
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithē” appears- wiselyνουνεχῶςnounechōs
wisely
Wisely, sensibly.
Where else “nounechōs” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “You areεἶei
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appears- farμακρὰνmakran
far
Far, far away.
Where else “makran” appears- the kingdomβασιλείαςbasileias
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileias” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- daredἐτόλμαetolma
dare
Dare.
Where else “etolma” appears- to questionἐπερωτῆσαιeperōtēsai
ask
Ask, question.
Where else “eperōtēsai” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The greatest commandment
Luke 10 may be a different occasion.
See them side by side
Mark 12:28-34
28And one of the scribes came up, having heard them debating, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is first of all?” 29Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32And the scribe said to him, “Well said, Teacher; in truth you have said that he is one and there is no other besides him; 33and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34And Jesus, seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared any longer to question him.
34But the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together in the same place. 35And one of them, a lawyer, asked a question, testing him: 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37And he said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.”
25And look, a certain expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26And he said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” 27And he answered and said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28And he said to him, “You answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
The context
33and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 · This verse (above)
35And Jesus responded and said, as he taught in the temple, “How do the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?
To study Mark 12 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus answer about paying tribute to Caesar (vv. 15–17)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus say the poor widow put in more than all the others (vv. 41–44)?
3. How I live it
Jesus said the first commandment is to love the Lord, and the second to love your neighbor (vv. 29–31). How will you make this concrete today?