Mark 2:20

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
But	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
the days	ἡμέραι hēmerai	G2250	day · noun — nominative plural feminine
will come	ἐλεύσονται eleusontai	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — future middle deponent indicative, 3rd person plural
when	ὅταν hotan	G3752	whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertain… · preposition
the bridegroom	νυμφίος, numphios	G3566	a bride-groom (literally or figuratively) · noun — nominative singular masculine
shall be taken away	ἀπαρθῇ aparthēa	G522	to lift off · verb — aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular
from	ἀπ᾽ ap᾽	G575	"off · preposition
them	αὐτῶν autōn	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive plural masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
then	τότε tote	G5119	the when · adverb
shall they fast	νηστεύσουσιν nēsteusousin	G3522	to abstain from food (religiously) · verb — future active indicative, 3rd person plural
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
those	ἐκείνῃ ekeinē	G1565	that one (or (neuter) thing) · demonstrative pronoun — dative singular feminine
days	ἡμέρᾳ.¶ hēmera	G2250	day · noun — dative singular feminine

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Cross-references

Luke 17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
Revelation 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hi…
Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he…
Isaiah 62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice…
Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall…
Revelation 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Psalms 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
Song of Solomon 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and i…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:18–end

Christ had been put to justify himself in conversing with publicans and sinners: here he is put to justify his disciples; and in what they do according to his will he will justify them, and bear them out. I. He justifies them in their not fasting, which was turned to their reproach by the Pharisees. Why do the Pharisees and the disciples of John fast? They used to fast, the Pharisees fasted twice in the week (Luk 18:12), and probably the disciples of John did so too; and, it should seem, this very day, when Christ and his disciples were feasting in Levi's house, was their fast-day, for the word is nēsteuousi - they do fast, or are fasting, which aggravated the offence. Thus apt are strict p…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Mark 2:12

And immediately he arose, took up the bed--"Sweet saying!" says BENGEL: "The bed had borne the man: now the man bore the bed." and went forth before them all--proclaiming by that act to the multitude, whose wondering eyes would follow him as he pressed through them, that He who could work such a glorious miracle of healing, must indeed "have power on earth to forgive sins." We never saw it on this fashion--"never saw it thus," or, as we say, "never saw the like." In Luke (Luk 5:26) it is, "We have seen strange [unexpected] things to-day"--referring both to the miracles wrought and the forgiveness of sins pronounced by Human Lips. In Matthew (Mat 9:8) it is, "They marvelled, and glorified…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 2:20

In those days - But instead of εν εκειναις ταις ἡμεραις, many of the best MSS. and versions read, εν εκεινῃ τῃ ἡμερᾳ, in that day; viz. the day in which Jesus Christ should be delivered up to the Jews and Gentiles. Mill and Bengel approve of this reading, and Griesbach adopts it. The former part of the verse seems to vindicate the common reading.

John Gill on Mark 2:20

But the days will come,.... As they were in some sense now come to the disciples of John, their master being taken up by Herod, and confined in prison, and so it was a mourning time with them: when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days: referring to the time of the sufferings and death of Christ, which would be, and was a sorrowful season to his disciples.

The Church Fathers

Do ye who are able fast the day of the preparation and the Sabbath-day entirely, tasting nothing till the cock-crowing of the night; but if any one is not able to join them both together, at least let him observe the Sabbath-day; for the Lord says somewhere, speaking of Himself: "When the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, in those days shall they fast." In these days, therefore, He was taken from us by the Jews, falsely so named, and fastened to the cross, and "was numbered among the transgressors."
— Apostolic Constitutions, Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book 5

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Dictionary and topics

Bridegroom · Joy with — Joy with

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).

Mark 2:20

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:18–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Mark 2:12

Adam Clarke on Mark 2:20

John Gill on Mark 2:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Mark 2:20

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:18–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Mark 2:12

Adam Clarke on Mark 2:20

John Gill on Mark 2:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Mark 2:18-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 2:19-20