Mark 12:24

And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καί kaí	G2532	and
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς Iēsous	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
answering	ἀποκρίνομαι apokrínomai	G611	to conclude for oneself
said	ἔπω épō	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing)
them	αὐτοῖς autois	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative plural masculine
Do ye	πλανᾶσθε planasthe	G4105	to (properly · verb — present passive indicative, 2nd person plural
not	οὐ ou	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
therefore	τοῦτο toûto	G5124	that thing
err	πλανάω planáō	G4105	to (properly
because	διὰ dia	G1223	through (in very wide applications · preposition
ye know	εἴδω eídō	G1492	used only in certain past tenses
not	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
the scriptures	γραφὰς graphas	G1124	a document · noun — accusative plural feminine
neither	μηδὲ mēde	G3366	but not · conjunction — negative
the power	δύναμιν dunamin	G1411	force (literally or figuratively) · noun — accusative singular feminine
of God	θεοῦ; theou	G2316	figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title

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Cross-references

2 Timothy 3:15-17 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ…
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
John 20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
Ephesians 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take aw…
Jeremiah 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for the…
Hosea 6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Mark 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:18-27

The Sadducees, who were the deists of that age, here attack our Lord Jesus, it should seem, not as the scribes, and Pharisees, and chief-priests, with any malicious design upon his person; they were not bigots and persecutors, but sceptics and infidels, and their design was upon his doctrine, to hinder the spreading of that: they denied that there was any resurrection, and world of spirits, any state of rewards and punishments on the other side of death: now those great and fundamental truths which they denied, Christ had made it his business to establish and prove, and had carried the notion of them much further that ever it was before carried; and therefore they set themselves to perplex h…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 12:23

When they shall rise - This clause is wanting in BCDL, four others, Syriac, later Arabic, later Persic, Coptic, Saxon, and two of the Itala. Griesbach leaves it doubtful.

John Gill on Mark 12:24

And Jesus answering said unto them,.... Which they thought he was not able to do, but would have been silenced at once by them, as many of their antagonists had been: do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God? what is expressed in Matthew affirmatively, is here put by way of interrogation, which, with the Jews, was a more vehement way of affirming; See Gill on Matthew 22:29.

John Calvin on Mark 12:18-27

Mark 12:18-27 Matthew 22:23-33 Mark 12:18-27 Luke 20:27-40 23. The same day came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, and interrogated him, 24. Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, not having a child, [64] his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. 25. Now there were amongst us seven brothers, and the first, having married a wife, died, and, having no seed, left his wife to his brother. 26. In like manner, the second, and the third, till the seventh. 27. And last of all the woman died also. 28. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29. And Jesus answering said to them, You err, not…

The Church Fathers

And Jesus answered them, saying: Are you not mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? They err because they do not know the Scriptures. And because they are ignorant of the Scriptures, consequently they do not know the power of God, which is Christ, who is the power of God and the wisdom of God (I Cor. I).
— Bede, On the Gospel of Mark

God; who have restored the honour of their flesh, and who have already dedicated themselves as sons of that (future) age, by slaying in themselves the concupiscence of lust, and that whole (propensity) which could not be admitted within Paradise! Whence it is presumable that such as shall wish to be received within Paradise, ought at last to begin to cease from that thing from which Paradise is intact.
— Tertullian, On Exhortation to Chastity

Then Peter said: "If, therefore, some of the Scriptures are true and some false, with good reason said our Master, 'Be ye good money-changers,' inasmuch as in the Scriptures there are some true sayings and some spurious. And to those who err by reason of the false scriptures He fitly showed the cause of their error, saying, 'Ye do therefore err, not knowing the true things of the Scriptures; for this reason ye are ignorant also of the power of God.'" Then said I: " You have spoken very excellently."
— Pseudo-Clement, Homily 2

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Dictionary and topics

Resurrection · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Resurrection, The · Is not incredible — Is not incredible
Sadducees · Reject the doctrine of the resurrection — Reject the doctrine of the resurrection
Sadducees, The · Christ: Vindicated the resurrection against — Christ: Vindicated the resurrection against
Satire · Of Jesus against hypocrites — Of Jesus against hypocrites

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:18-27

Adam Clarke on Mark 12:23

John Gill on Mark 12:24

John Calvin on Mark 12:18-27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:18-27

Adam Clarke on Mark 12:23

John Gill on Mark 12:24

John Calvin on Mark 12:18-27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 12:24-27