Mark 8:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐξῆλθον οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, καὶ ἤρξαντο συζητεῖν αὐτῷ, ζητοῦντες παρʼ αὐτοῦ σημεῖον ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πειράζοντες αὐτόν.

Transliteration

And exēlthon the Pharisaioi, and they ērxanto to syzētein with him, zētountes from him sēmeion from the ouranou, peirazontes him.

Grammar Details

• *exēlthon*: verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they came out
• *Pharisaioi*: noun, masculine nominative plural - Pharisees
• *ērxanto*: verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they began
• *syzētein*: verb, present active infinitive - to discuss/dispute
• *zētountes*: participle, present active nominative plural - seeking
• *sēmeion*: noun, neuter accusative singular - sign
• *ouranou*: noun, masculine genitive singular - of heaven
• *peirazontes*: participle, present active nominative plural - testing/tempting

Word Meanings

• *exēlthon*: they came out/went out/emerged
• *ērxanto*: they began/started
• *syzētein*: to discuss/dispute/argue
• *zētountes*: seeking/requesting/demanding
• *sēmeion*: sign/miracle/wonder
• *ouranou*: heaven/sky
• *peirazontes*: testing/tempting/trying

Referenced Verses

• Matt 12:38 : 38 ¶ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
• Luke 11:16 : 16 And others, tempting [him], sought of him a sign from heaven.
• Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
• Luke 12:54-57 : 54 ¶ And he said also to the people, ‹When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.› 55 ‹And when› [ye see] ‹the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.› 56 [Ye] ‹hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?› 57 ‹Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?›
• John 4:48 : 48 Then said Jesus unto him, ‹Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.›
• John 6:30 : 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
• John 7:48 : 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
• Acts 5:9 : 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband [are] at the door, and shall carry thee out.
• 1 Cor 1:22-23 : 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
• 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
• Matt 16:1-9 : 1 ¶ The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, ‹When it is evening, ye say,› [It will be] ‹fair weather: for the sky is red.› 3 ‹And in the morning,› [It will be] ‹foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O› [ye] ‹hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not› [discern] ‹the signs of the times?› 4 ‹A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.› And he left them, and departed. 5 ¶ And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6 Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.› 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have taken no bread. 8 [Which] when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, ‹O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?› 9 ‹Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?› 10 ‹Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?› 11 ‹How is it that ye do not understand that I spake› [it] ‹not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?› 12 Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
• Matt 19:3 : 3 ¶ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
• Matt 21:23 : 23 ¶ And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
• Matt 22:15 : 15 ¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk.
• Matt 22:18 : 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, ‹Why tempt ye me,› [ye] ‹hypocrites?›
• Matt 22:23 : 23 ¶ The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
• Matt 22:34-35 : 34 ¶ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 35 Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,
• Mark 2:16 : 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
• Mark 7:1-2 : 1 ¶ Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
• Mark 12:15 : 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, ‹Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see› [it].
• Luke 10:25 : 25 ¶ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
• Exod 17:2 : 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
• Exod 17:7 : 7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
• Deut 6:16 : 16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.
• Mal 3:15 : 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.