Mark 9:31
What does Mark 9:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Mark 9:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Mark 9:31 means
During their private journey through Galilee, Jesus continued to intensively teach His disciples. He plainly told them that the Son of Man would be betrayed into human hands, killed, and then rise again three days later. This is another clear and direct prediction of His passion and resurrection, a critical prophecy designed to prepare them, however difficult it was for them to grasp, for the pivotal events in Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862for he was teaching his disciples, and he said to them, `The Son of Man is being delivered to the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and having been killed the third day he shall rise,'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But they understood not the word: and they were afraid to ask him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890for he taught his disciples and said to them, The Son of man is delivered into men's hands, and they shall kill him; and having been killed, after three days he shall rise again.
Context
This verse directly states Jesus' purpose for desiring privacy: to focus on teaching His disciples. It follows His discreet travel through Galilee, immediately presenting the central theme of His instruction—His impending death and resurrection. This difficult truth, which the disciples struggle to comprehend, sets the stage for their subsequent misunderstanding about greatness and Jesus' correlating teaching on humility.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 9:44
Let these words sink into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.
- Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- John 3:14
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;
- Matthew 26:2
Ye know that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.
- 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.
- Luke 24:26
Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?
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