AndΚαὶhe beganἤρξατοto teachδιδάσκεινthemαὐτοὺςthatὅτιthe Sonτὸν υἱὸνof Manτοῦ ἀνθρώπουmustδεῖsufferπαθεῖνmany thingsπολλὰandκαὶbe rejectedἀποδοκιμασθῆναιbyὑπὸthe eldersτῶν πρεσβυτέρωνandκαὶthe high priestsτῶν ἀρχιερέωνandκαὶthe scribesτῶν γραμματέωνandκαὶbe killedἀποκτανθῆναιandκαὶafterμετὰthreeτρεῖςdaysἡμέραςrise.ἀναστῆναι
Mark 8:31
Study it in the app“And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the high priests and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise.”
With the Greek beneath
Mark 8:31, word by word
- he beganἤρξατοērxato
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “ērxato” appears- to teachδιδάσκεινdidaskein
teach
Teach.
Where else “didaskein” appears- the Sonυἱὸνhuion
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appears- of Manἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
Son of Man
"The Son of Man": what Jesus calls himself.
Where else “anthrōpou” appears- mustδεῖdei
must
Something that has to be done.
Where else “dei” appears- sufferπαθεῖνpathein
suffer
Suffer, undergo.
Where else “pathein” appears- many thingsπολλὰpolla
much
A great amount of something, like fruit or work.
Where else “polla” appears- be rejectedἀποδοκιμασθῆναιapodokimasthēnai
reject
Reject, refuse after examining.
Where else “apodokimasthēnai” appears- the eldersπρεσβυτέρωνpresbyterōn
elder
A leader of the people or of believers.
Where else “presbyterōn” appears- the high priestsἀρχιερέωνarchiereōn
chief priests
The leading priests: the high priest in office, former ones and his family.
Where else “archiereōn” appears- the scribesγραμματέωνgrammateōn
scribe
A teacher who copied and explained the law of Moses.
Where else “grammateōn” appears- be killedἀποκτανθῆναιapoktanthēnai
kill
Kill.
Where else “apoktanthēnai” appears- threeτρεῖςtreis
three
Three.
Where else “treis” appears- daysἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears- riseἀναστῆναιanastēnai
rise
To come back to life.
Where else “anastēnai” appears
Parallel passages
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Mark 8:31-33
31And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the high priests and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise. 32And he was speaking the word openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter and says, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.”
21From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never happen to you.” 23But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.”
22saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
The context
30And he warned them to tell no one about him.
31 · This verse (above)
32And he was speaking the word openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
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?