Mark 8:32

“And he was speaking the word openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.”

Mark 8:32 · direct translation from the Greek
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Mark 8:32, word by word

he was speakingἐλάλειelalei

speak

To use voice and words to communicate with others.

Where else “elalei” appears
the wordλόγονlogon

message

What God says, proclaimed to people.

Where else “logon” appears
openlyπαρρησίᾳparrēsiai

openly

In front of all, without hedging.

Where else “parrēsiai” appears
PeterΠέτροςPetros

Peter

Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.

Where else “Petros” appears
tookπροσλαβόμενοςproslabomenos

take aside

To take someone aside.

Where else “proslabomenos” appears
and beganἤρξατοērxato

begin

To start doing something.

Where else “ērxato” appears
to rebukeἐπιτιμᾶνepitiman

rebuke

To scold sharply, even the wind or a demon.

Where else “epitiman” appears

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

First prediction of the passion

Matthew 16:21-23Luke 9:22

See them side by side

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.”

Matthew 16:21-23

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.”

Luke 9:22

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

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.

32 · This verse (above)

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.”

Read all of Mark 8

To study Mark 8 in a group

  1. 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. 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. 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?

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