Mark 9:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

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  • Dan 10:15-19 : 15 And after he had said these words to me, I kept my face turned to the earth and was unable to say anything. 16 Then one whose form was like the sons of men put his finger on my lips; and opening my mouth, I said to him who was before me, O my lord, because of the vision my pains have come on me, and I have no more strength. 17 For how may this servant of my lord have talk with my lord? for, as for me, straight away my strength went from me and there was no breath in my body. 18 Then again one having the form of a man put his hand on me and gave me strength. And he said to me, O man greatly loved, have no fear: peace be with you, be strong and let your heart be lifted up. And at his words I became strong, and said, Let my lord say on, for you have given me strength. 19 Then he said, It is clear to you why I have come to you. And now I will give you an account of what is recorded in the true writings:
  • Mark 16:5-8 : 5 And when they went in, they saw a young man seated on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were full of wonder. 6 And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him! 7 But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you. 8 And they went out quickly from the place, because fear and great wonder had come on them: and they said nothing to anyone, because they were full of fear that ...
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;

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    32 Now Peter and those who were with him were overcome with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were with him.

    33 And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having no knowledge of what he was saying.

    34 And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud came over them, and they were full of fear when they went into the cloud.

    35 And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.

    36 And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

  • 32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

  • Matt 17:3-7
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    3 And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.

    4 And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

    5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

    6 And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

    7 And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.

  • Mark 9:4-5
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    4 And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

    5 And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

  • 45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

  • Mark 9:7-10
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    7 And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

    8 And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.

    9 And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

    10 And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

  • 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

  • 7 And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

  • Luke 5:8-9
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    8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

    9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

  • 21 And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

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  • 60 And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these things of which you are talking. And straight away, while he was saying these words, there came the cry of a cock.

  • Mark 4:40-41
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    40 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

    41 And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?

  • 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him.

  • 50 And his words seemed strange to them.

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  • 6 In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.

  • 68 But he said, I have no knowledge of him, or of what you are saying: and he went out into the doorway; and there came the cry of a cock.

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    49 But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

    50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

    51 And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;

  • 26 And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

  • 20 And he said, But who do you say that I am? And Peter, answering, said, The Christ of God.

  • 20 But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.

  • 9 And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

  • 7 And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

  • 40 And again he came and saw them sleeping, because their eyes were very tired; and they had nothing to say in answer.

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    28 And about eight days after he had said these things, he took Peter and John and James with him and went up into the mountain for prayer.

    29 And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining.

  • 27 They did not see that his words were about the Father.

  • 9 And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.

  • 30 And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;

  • 12 And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.

  • 30 And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

  • 34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.