Mark 6:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So they went out and preached that all should repent.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐξελθόντες, ἐκήρυσσον ἵνα μετανοήσωσιν.

Transliteration

And exelthontes, ekērysson that they should metanoēsōsin.

Grammar Details

• *exelthontes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having gone out
• *ekērysson*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - were preaching/proclaiming [continuous]
• *metanoēsōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd plural - they should repent

Word Meanings

• *exelthontes*: going out/departing/leaving
• *ekērysson*: preached/proclaimed/announced
• *metanoēsōsin*: repent/change mind/turn from sin

Referenced Verses

• Matt 4:17 : 17 From that time Jesus began to preach this message:“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”
• Luke 13:3 : 3 No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!
• Ezek 18:30 : 30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
• Matt 3:8 : 8 Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,
• Luke 24:47 : 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
• Acts 2:38 : 38 Peter said to them,“Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 11:18 : 18 When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying,“So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”
• Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
• 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us. 10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
• 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth 26 and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive to do his will.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
• Luke 13:5 : 5 No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!”
• Luke 15:7 : 7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.
• Luke 15:10 : 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
• Matt 9:13 : 13 Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
• Matt 11:20 : 20 Woes on Unrepentant Cities Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.
• Mark 1:3 : 3 the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”
• Mark 1:15 : 15 He said,“The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!”
• Luke 9:6 : 6 Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.
• Luke 11:32 : 32 The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here!