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Mark 9:10

What does Mark 9:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Mark 9:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Mark 9:10 means

The disciples obeyed Jesus' command to keep silent about the Transfiguration but were puzzled by His reference to rising again from the dead. Having a limited understanding of this concept, they discussed amongst themselves what it could mean. This reflects their struggle to reconcile Jesus' teachings about His impending suffering and death with their expectations of a triumphant Messiah, demonstrating their spiritual immaturity at this point in their journey.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes say that Elias must come first?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they kept that saying, questioning among themselves, what rising from among [the] dead was.

Context

This verse immediately follows Jesus' instruction to remain silent about the Transfiguration until after His resurrection. It reveals the disciples' confusion regarding the resurrection, highlighting their struggle to grasp the full scope of Jesus' mission. This misunderstanding sets the stage for their subsequent question about Elijah and then the confrontation with the demon-possessed boy, grounding the miraculous in the disciples' ongoing learning process.

v.9And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should have risen again from the dead.

v.10This passage

v.11And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 12:33

    But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

  • Mark 9:32

    But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

  • John 12:16

    These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

  • Luke 24:7

    saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

  • John 16:17

    Some of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

  • John 16:29

    His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying.

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