Mark 2 · Verse 19

Mark 2:19

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Mark 2:19, King James Version

Mark 2:19 in other translations

BSBJesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
WEBJesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast.
ASVAnd Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
YLTAnd Jesus said to them, ‘Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;
DARBYAnd Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
BBEAnd Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.
WebsterAnd Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

What does Mark 2:19 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verses 19-22. See Mt 9:15-17

(q) "the bridegroom is with" Mt 25:1

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Can the children of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? - Among the Hindoos, large parties of friends, belonging both to the bride and bridegroom, attend on both during the wedding day; on the following day, when the bridegroom leaves the house of his father-in-law, the attendants are filled with sorrow, especially the near relations. - Ward's Customs.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 2:18-22

Strict professors are apt to blame all that do not fully come up to their own views. Christ did not escape slanders; we should be willing to bear them, as well as careful not to deserve them; but should attend to every part of our duty in its proper order and season.

Read the full comment on Mark 2:18-22 →

Mark 2:19 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
εἶπενeipensaidG2036
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846
ὁho<the>G3588
Ἰησοῦς·IēsousJesus;G2424
μὴmēNotG3361
δύνανταιdunantaiare ableG1410
οἱhoitheG3588
υἱοὶhuioisonsG5207
τοῦtouof theG3588
νυμφῶνοςnumphōnosbridechamberG3567
ἐνeninG1722
ᾧhōwhichG3739
ὁhotheG3588
νυμφίοςnumphiosbridegroomG3566
μετ᾽met᾽withG3326
αὐτῶνautōnthemG846
ἐστινestinisG1510
νηστεύειν;nēsteueinto fast?G3522
ὅσονhosonAs long asG3745
χρόνονchronontimeG5550
ἔχουσινechousinthey haveG2192
τὸνtontheG3588
νυμφίονnumphionbridegroomG3566
μετ᾽met᾽withG3326
αὐτῶνautōnthemG846
οὐounotG3756
δύνανταιdunantaithey are ableG1410
νηστεύειν.nēsteueinto fast.G3522

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 2:19

  • Matthew 25:1-10

    Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. …

  • Genesis 29:22

    And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

  • Judges 14:10-11

    So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Can.
Ge 29:22; Jud 14:10,11; Ps 45:14; So 6:8; Mt 25:1-10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 2:18

    And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

  • Mark 2:19

    And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

  • Mark 2:20

    But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

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Mark 2:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jesús les dice: ¿Pueden ayunar los que están de bodas, cuando el esposo está con ellos? Entre tanto que tienen consigo al esposo no pueden ayunar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jésus leur dit: Les fils de la chambre nuptiale peuvent-ils jeûner pendant que l’époux est avec eux? Aussi longtemps qu’ils ont l’époux avec eux, ils ne peuvent pas jeûner.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Können etwa die Söhne des Brautgemachs fasten, während der Bräutigam bei ihnen ist? So lange sie den Bräutigam bei sich haben, können sie nicht fasten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ait illis Jesus: Numquid possunt filii nuptiarum, quamdiu sponsus cum illis est, jejunare? Quanto tempore habent secum sponsum, non possunt jejunare.