Mark 16:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

And these tokens shall folowe them that beleeue, In my Name they shall cast out deuils, and shall speake with newe tongues,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Σημεῖα δὲ τοῖς πιστεύσασιν ταῦτα παρακολουθήσει· Ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου δαιμόνια ἐκβαλοῦσιν· γλώσσαις λαλήσουσιν καιναῖς·

Transliteration

Sēmeia de tois pisteusasin tauta parakolouthēsei; In the onomati of me daimonia ekbalousin; with glōssais lalēsousin kainais;

Grammar Details

• *Sēmeia*: nominative, neuter, plural - signs
• *pisteusasin*: aorist participle, dative, masculine, plural, active - having believed
• *tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, neuter, plural - these
• *parakolouthēsei*: future, 3rd singular, active - will follow/accompany
• *onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - name
• *daimonia*: accusative, neuter, plural - demons
• *ekbalousin*: future, 3rd plural, active - they will cast out
• *glōssais*: dative, feminine, plural - tongues/languages
• *lalēsousin*: future, 3rd plural, active - they will speak
• *kainais*: dative, feminine, plural - new

Word Meanings

• *Sēmeia*: signs/miracles/wonders
• *parakolouthēsei*: will follow/accompany/attend
• *daimonia*: demons/evil spirits
• *ekbalousin*: will cast out/expel
• *glōssais*: tongues/languages
• *kainais*: new/fresh/unprecedented

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 12:30 : 30 Are all doers of miracles? haue all the gifts of healing? doe all speake with tongues? doe all interprete?
• 1 Cor 12:10 : 10 And to another the operations of great workes: and to another, prophecie: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, diuersities of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues.
• 1 Cor 12:28 : 28 And God hath ordained some in the Church: as first Apostles, secondly Prophetes, thirdly teachers, then them that doe miracles: after that, the giftes of healing, helpers, gouernours, diuersitie of tongues.
• Acts 5:16 : 16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about vnto Hierusalem, bringing sicke folkes, & them which were vexed with vncleane spirits, who were all healed.
• Acts 10:46 : 46 For they heard them speake with tongues, and magnifie God. Then answered Peter,
• Acts 16:18 : 18 And this did she many dayes: but Paul being grieued, turned about, and said to the spirit, I commaund thee in the Name of Iesus Christ, that thou come out of her; he came out the same houre.
• Acts 19:6 : 6 So Paul layde his handes vpon them, and the holy Ghost came on them, and they spake the tongues, and prophecied.
• Luke 10:17 : 17 And the seuentie turned againe with ioy, saying, Lord, euen the deuils are subdued to vs through thy Name.
• Acts 8:7 : 7 For vncleane spirits crying with a loud voyce, came out of many that were possessed of them: and many taken with palsies, & that halted, were healed.
• 1 Cor 13:1 : 1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and Angels, and haue not loue, I am as sounding brasse, or a tinkling cymbal.
• 1 Cor 14:2 : 2 For hee that speaketh a strange tongue, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: for no man heareth him: howbeit in the spirit he speaketh secret things.
• Acts 19:12-16 : 12 So that from his body were brought vnto the sicke, kerchefs or handkerchefs, and the diseases departed from them, and the euill spirits went out of them. 13 Then certaine of the vagabond Iewes, exorcistes, tooke in hand to name ouer them which had euil spirits, the Name of the Lord Iesus, saying, We adiure you by Iesus, whom Paul preacheth. 14 (And there were certaine sonnes of Sceua a Iewe, the Priest, about seuen which did this) 15 And the euil spirit answered, and said, Iesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know: but who are ye? 16 And the man in whome the euil spirit was, ranne on them, and ouercame them, and preuailed against them, so that they fledde out of that house, naked, and wounded.
• Mark 9:38 : 38 Then Iohn answered him, saying, Master, we sawe one casting out deuils by thy Name, which followeth not vs, and we forbade him, because he followeth vs not.
• John 14:12 : 12 Verely, verely I say vnto you, he that beleeueth in me, the workes that I doe, hee shall doe also, and greater then these shall he doe: for I goe vnto my Father.
• Acts 2:4-9 : 4 And they were all filled with the holy Ghost, and began to speake with other tongues, as the Spirit gaue them vtterance. 5 And there were dwelling at Hierusalem Iewes, men that feared God, of euery nation vnder heauen. 6 Nowe when this was noised, the multitude came together and were astonied, because that euery man heard them speake his owne language. 7 And they wondered al, and marueiled, saying among themselues, Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galile? 8 How then heare we euery man our owne language, wherein we were borne? 9 Parthians, and Medes, & Elamites, and the inhabitants of Mesopotamia, and of Iudea, and of Cappadocia, of Pontus, and Asia, 10 And of Phrygia, and Pamphylia, of Egypt, & of the partes of Libya, which is beside Cyrene, & strangers of Rome, and Iewes, & Proselytes, 11 Creetes, and Arabians: wee hearde them speake in our owne tongues the wonderful works of God.
• Acts 2:33 : 33 Since then that he by the right hande of God hath bene exalted, and hath receiued of his Father the promise of the holy Ghost, hee hath shed foorth this which yee nowe see and heare.
• 1 Cor 14:4-9 : 4 He that speaketh strange language, edifieth himselfe: but hee that prophecieth, edifieth the Church. 5 I would that ye all spake strange languages, but rather that ye prophecied: for greater is hee that prophecieth, then hee that speaketh diuers tongues, except hee expounde it, that the Church may receiue edification. 6 And nowe, brethren, if I come vnto you speaking diuers tongues, what shall I profite you, except I speake to you, either by reuelation, or by knowledge, or by prophecying, or by doctrine? 7 Moreouer things without life which giue a sounde, whether it be a pipe or an harpe, except they make a distinction in the soundes, how shall it be knowen what is piped or harped? 8 And also if the trumpet giue an vncertaine sound, who shall prepare himselfe to battell? 9 So likewise you, by the tongue, except yee vtter wordes that haue signification, howe shall it be vnderstand what is spoken? for ye shal speake in the ayre. 10 There are so many kindes of voyces (as it commeth to passe) in the world, and none of them is dumme. 11 Except I know then the power of ye voyce, I shall be vnto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh, shalbe a barbarian vnto me. 12 Euen so, forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes, seeke that ye may excell vnto the edifying of the Church. 13 Wherefore, let him that speaketh a strange tongue, pray, that he may interprete. 14 For if I pray in a strange togue, my spirit prayeth: but mine vnderstading is without fruite. 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, but I wil pray with the vnderstanding also: I wil sing with the spirite, but I will sing with the vnderstanding also. 16 Else, when thou blessest with the spirit, howe shall hee that occupieth the roome of the vnlearned, say Amen, at thy giuing of thankes, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest? 17 For thou verely giuest thankes well, but the other is not edified. 18 I thanke my God, I speake languages more then ye all. 19 Yet had I rather in the Church to speake fiue wordes with mine vnderstanding, that I might also instruct others, then ten thousande wordes in a strange tongue. 20 Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age. 21 In the Lawe it is written, By men of other tongues, and by other languages will I speake vnto this people: yet so shal they not heare me, sayth the Lord. 22 Wherefore strange tongues are for a signe, not to them that beleeue, but to them that beleeue not: but prophecying serueth not for them that beleeue not, but for them which beleeue. 23 If therefore when the whole Church is come together in one, and all speake strange tongues, there come in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleeue not, will they not say, that ye are out of your wittes? 24 But if all prophecie, and there come in one that beleeueth not, or one vnlearned, hee is rebuked of all men, and is iudged of all, 25 And so are the secrets of his heart made manifest, and so he will fall downe on his face and worship God, and say plainely that God is in you in deede. 26 What is to be done then, brethren? when ye come together, according as euery one of you hath a Psalme, or hath doctrine, or hath a tongue, or hath reuelation, or hath interpretation, let all things be done vnto edifying.