Mark 8:31 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Mark 8:31
And 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.
to teach (in the same broad application) · verb — present active infinitive
them
αὐτοὺςautous
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural masculine
that
ὅτιhoti
G3754
demonstrative · conjunction
Son
υἱὸνhuion
G5207
a "son" (sometimes of animals) · noun — accusative singular masculine, a title
man
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
G444
from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)) · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
must
δεῖdei
G1163
also deon deh-on' · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
suffer
παθεῖνpathein
G3958
to experience a sensation or impression (usually painfu… · verb — second aorist active infinitive
things
πολλὰpolla
G4183
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many · adjective — accusative plural neuter
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
rejected
ἀποδοκιμασθῆναιapodokimasthēnai
G593
to disapprove · verb — aorist passive infinitive
of
ἀπόapó
G575
"off
elders
πρεσβυτέρωνpresbuterōn
G4245
older · noun — genitive plural masculine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
priests
ἀρχιερέωνarchiereōn
G749
the high-priest (literally · noun — genitive plural masculine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
scribes
γραμματέωνgrammateōn
G1122
scribe · noun — genitive plural masculine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
killed
ἀποκτανθῆναιapoktanthēnai
G615
to kill outright · verb — aorist passive infinitive
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
after
μετὰmeta
G3326
properly · preposition
three
τρεῖςtreis
G5140
"three" · adjective — accusative plural feminine
days
ἡμέραςhēmeras
G2250
day · noun — accusative plural feminine
again
ἀναστῆναι·anastēnai
G450
to stand up (literal or figurative · verb — second aorist active infinitive
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Cross-references
Mark 10:33-34 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall co…
John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Luke 24:26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
1 Samuel 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him,…
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.
Matthew 16:21-28 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and ch…
Mark 9:31-32 For 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…
Luke 17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Mark 8:27–end
We have read a great deal of the doctrine Christ preached, and the miracles he wrought, which were many, and strange, and well-attested, of various kinds, and wrought in several places, to the astonishment of the multitudes that were eye-witnesses of them. It is now time for us to pause a little, and to consider what these things mean; the wondrous works which Christ then forbade the publishing of, being recorded in these sacred writings, are thereby published to all the world, to us, to all ages; now what shall we think of them? Is the record of those things designed only for an amusement, or to furnish us with matter for discourse? No, certainly these things are written, that we may believ…
Thou art the Christ - Three MSS. and some versions add, the Son of the living God.
John Gill on Mark 8:31
And he began to teach them,.... For as yet he had said nothing to them about his sufferings and death, at least in express terms; but now they being firmly established in the faith of him, as the Messiah, he thought it proper to inform them,
that the son of man must suffer many things; meaning himself, as that he should be betrayed, apprehended, and bound, should be smitten, spit upon, buffeted, and scourged; and which things must be done, and he suffer them, because it was so determined by God, and foretold in the Scriptures:
and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests and Scribes; which composed the grand sanhedrim of the nation, and are the builders that were prophesied of b…
Mark 8:30-37
Matthew 16:20-28
Mark 8:30-37
Luke 9:21-27
20. Then he charged his disciples [451] not to tell any one that he was Jesus the Christ. 21. From that time Jesus began to make known to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and be raised again on the third day. 22. And Peter, taking him aside, [452] began to rebuke him, saying, Lord, spare thyself; [453] this shall not happen to thee. 23. But he turning said to Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan, thou art an offense to me; for thou relishest not those things which are of God, but those which are of men. 24. Then Jesus said to his di…
The Church Fathers
Therefore did the Lord also say to His disciples after the resurrection, "O thoughtless ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory?" And again does He say to them: "These are the words which I spoke unto you while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning Me. Then opened He their understanding, that they should understand the Scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead, and that repentance for the remission of sins be preached in His name among all nations." Now this is He who was born of Mary; for He says: "The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected, and crucified, and on the third day rise again." The Gospel, therefore, knew no other son of man but Him who was of Mary, who also suffered; and no Christ who flew away from Jesus before the passion; but Him who was born it knew as Jesus Christ the Son of God, and that this same suffered and rose again, as John, the disciple of the Lord, verities, saying: "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have eternal life in His name," -foreseeing these blasphemous systems which divide the Lord, as far as lies in their power, saying that He was formed of two different substances. For this reason also he has thus testified to us in his Epistle: "Little children, it is the last time; and as ye have heard that Antichrist doth come, now have many antichrists appeared; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they departed], that they might be made manifest that they are not of us. Know ye therefore, that every lie is from without, and is not of the truth. Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist."
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Dictionary and topics
Peter — Originally called Simon (=Simeon, i.e., “hearing”), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament. He was the son of Jona (Matt. 16:17). His mother is nowhere named in Scripture. He had a younger…
Sadducees — The origin of this Jewish sect cannot definitely be traced. It was probably the outcome of the influence of Grecian customs and philosophy during the period of Greek domination. The first time they…
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).
Then Jesus began to teach the disciples that he would suffer and be killed in Jerusalem and three days later . . . rise from the dead. Jesus now explicitly predicted what he had revealed in veiled form (2:19-20). In response, Peter objected, so Jesus taught him and the other disciples the nature of his mission and what it really means to follow him.
8:31 It was a divine necessity that Jesus must suffer (see also 9:11; 13:7, 10). The immediate cause for Jesus’ suffering was the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law (see 10:33; 11:18, 27; 14:1, 43, 53), but the ultimate cause was the will of God. • Jesus’ death would not be the end, for three days later he would rise…
