Mark 10:34
What does Mark 10:34 mean?
A plain-English look at Mark 10:34 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Mark 10:34 means
Jesus continues His prophecy, listing the horrific abuses He will suffer: mockery, spitting, scourging, and ultimately, killing. Crucially, He ends with the promise that 'after three days he shall rise again.' This detail offers a beacon of hope amid the darkness of His passion, though the disciples consistently struggled to grasp its significance until after His resurrection.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and spit on him, and kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they shall mock him and spit on him and scourge him and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
Context
Continuing His third detailed passion prediction, Jesus graphically describes the humiliation and death He will endure, before culminating with the hopeful promise of His resurrection. This explicit prophecy throws into sharp relief the spiritual blindness of James and John, whose ambitious request immediately follows, demonstrating their profound failure to grasp Jesus' true mission.
v.33saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles:
v.34This passage
v.35And there come near unto him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto him, Teacher, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall ask of thee.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 27:27
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Prætorium, and gathered unto him the whole band.
- Luke 22:63
And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and beat him.
- Mark 14:65
And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their hands.
- John 2:10
and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now.
- Matthew 16:21
From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
- Psalms 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
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