Mark 8:31

American Standard Version (1901)

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἤρξατο διδάσκειν αὐτούς, ὅτι δεῖ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου πολλὰ παθεῖν, καὶ ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, καὶ ἀρχιερέων, καὶ γραμματέων, καὶ ἀποκτανθῆναι, καὶ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀναστῆναι.

Transliteration

And he ērxato to didaskein them, that it is necessary the Huion of anthrōpou many things to pathein, and to be apodokimasthēnai by the presbyterōn, and archiereōn, and grammateōn, and to be apoktanthēnai, and after treis hēmeras to anastēnai.

Grammar Details

• *ērxato*: verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he began
• *didaskein*: verb, present active infinitive - to teach
• *Huion*: noun, masculine accusative singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: noun, masculine genitive singular - of man
• *pathein*: verb, aorist active infinitive - to suffer
• *apodokimasthēnai*: verb, aorist passive infinitive - to be rejected
• *presbyterōn*: noun, masculine genitive plural - of elders
• *archiereōn*: noun, masculine genitive plural - of chief priests
• *grammateōn*: noun, masculine genitive plural - of scribes
• *apoktanthēnai*: verb, aorist passive infinitive - to be killed
• *treis*: numeral, feminine accusative - three
• *hēmeras*: noun, feminine accusative plural - days
• *anastēnai*: verb, aorist active infinitive - to rise

Word Meanings

• *ērxato*: he began/started
• *didaskein*: to teach/instruct
• *Huion*: Son/descendant
• *anthrōpou*: of man/of humanity
• *pathein*: to suffer/endure
• *apodokimasthēnai*: to be rejected/disowned
• *presbyterōn*: of elders/elderly men
• *archiereōn*: of chief priests/high priests
• *grammateōn*: of scribes/scholars
• *apoktanthēnai*: to be killed/slain
• *anastēnai*: to rise/stand up/be raised

Referenced Verses

• Matt 12:40 : 40 for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Hos 6:2 : 2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
• Mark 10:33-34 : 33 [ saying], Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles: 34 and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
• Mark 12:10 : 10 Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
• Luke 17:25 : 25 But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.
• Luke 24:26 : 26 Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?
• John 2:19 : 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
• John 12:48 : 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.
• Acts 3:13-15 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. 14 But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you, 15 and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
• Acts 7:35 : 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent [to be] both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
• Acts 7:51-52 : 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
• 1 Cor 15:4 : 4 and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;
• Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
• Luke 18:31-34 : 31 And he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets shall be accomplished unto the Son of man. 32 For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon: 33 and they shall scourge and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, and they perceived not the things that were said.
• Luke 24:6-7 : 6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 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.
• Luke 9:22-27 : 22 saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up. 23 And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self? 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and [the glory] of the Father, and of the holy angels. 27 But I tell you of a truth, There are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
• Jonah 1:17 : 17 And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
• Matt 16:21-28 : 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. 22 And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall never be unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men. 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds. 28 Verily I say unto you, there are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
• Matt 17:22-23 : 22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men; 23 and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised up. And they were exceeding sorry.
• Matt 20:17-19 : 17 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and on the way he said unto them, 18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, 19 and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall be raised up.
• Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
• Mark 9:31-32 : 31 For 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. 32 But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
• 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
• 1 Sam 10:19 : 19 but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto him, [Nay], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.
• Ps 118:22 : 22 The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.
• Isa 53:3 : 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.