Mark 8:31
What does Mark 8:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Mark 8:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Mark 8:31 means
Jesus began to teach His disciples clearly that the Son of Man must suffer greatly, be rejected by the Jewish leadership (elders, chief priests, and scribes), be killed, and then rise again after three days. This is the first of three explicit predictions of His passion. This teaching directly confronts their Messianic expectations of a conquering king, revealing the path of suffering and sacrifice He was destined to take, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and began to teach them, that it behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise again;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the ancients and by the high priests and the scribes: and be killed and after three days rise again.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and of the chief priests and of the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise [again].
Context
This verse introduces Jesus' revolutionary teaching about His impending suffering and resurrection, immediately following Peter's confession and Jesus' command of silence. It fundamentally redefines the disciples' understanding of the Messiah's role, setting the stage for Peter's immediate objection and Jesus' profound rebuke.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 7:35
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
- Matthew 12:40
for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- 1 Samuel 10:19
but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.
- Luke 24:26
Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?
- Luke 24:44
And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
- Psalms 118:22
The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.
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