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Andκαὶhe sentἀπέστειλενhimαὐτὸνtoεἰςhis home,οἶκον αὐτοῦsaying,λέγων“Do not evenΜηδὲgo intoεἰσέλθῃςthe village.”εἰς τὴν κώμην
Mark 8:26
Study it in the app“And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even go into the village.””
With the Greek beneath
Mark 8:26, word by word
- he sentἀπέστειλενapesteilen
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apesteilen” appears- his homeοἶκονoikon
house
The place where one lives; also the temple, God's dwelling.
Where else “oikon” appears- sayingλέγωνlegōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appears- go intoεἰσέλθῃςeiselthēis
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthēis” appears- the villageκώμηνkōmēn
village
Village, small town.
Where else “kōmēn” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts add “nor tell anyone in the village”; the Greek text we follow does not have it.
The context
25Then again he laid his hands on his eyes, and he looked intently and was restored, and he was seeing everything clearly.
26 · This verse (above)
27And Jesus went out, and his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he was asking his disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?”
To study Mark 8 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus ask his disciples about who people said he was, and what did Peter answer (vv. 27–29)?
2. What it means
What does the blind man see after Jesus' first touch, and what does he see after the second (vv. 23–25)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asked, “What will a person give in exchange for his life?” (v. 37). What do you value most in your life?