Mark 2 · Verse 20

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.
Mark 2:20, King James Version

Mark 2:20 in other translations

BSBBut the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
WEBBut the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
ASVBut the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.
YLTbut days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast--in those days.
DARBYBut days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.
BBEBut the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.
WebsterBut the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast in those days.

What does Mark 2:20 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 20.

(r) "then shall" Acts 13:2

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 In those days - But instead of εν εκειναις ταις ἡμεραις, many of the best MSS. and versions read, εν εκεινῃ τῃ ἡμερᾳ, in that day; viz. the day in which Jesus Christ should be delivered up to the Jews and Gentiles. Mill and Bengel approve of this reading, and Griesbach adopts it. The former part of the verse seems to vindicate the common reading.

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 2:20 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.

ἐλεύσονταιeleusontaiWill comeG2064
δὲdehoweverG1161
ἡμέραιhēmerai[the] daysG2250
ὅτανhotanwhenG3752
ἀπαρθῇaparthēamay have been taken awayG522
ἀπ᾽ap᾽fromG575
αὐτῶνautōnthemG846
ὁhotheG3588
νυμφίος,numphiosbridegroom,G3566
καὶkaiandG2532
τότεtotethenG5119
νηστεύσουσινnēsteusousinthey will fastG3522
ἐνeninG1722
ἐκείνῃekeinēthatG1565
τῇtēa<the>G3588
ἡμέρᾳ.¶hēmeraday.G2250

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

Cross references for Mark 2:20

  • Luke 17:22

    And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

  • Revelation 21:9

    And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

  • Isaiah 62:5

    For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

  • Revelation 19:7

    Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

  • Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

  • Isaiah 54:5

    For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:2

    For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

  • Song of Solomon 3:11

    Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

  • John 17:11

    And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

  • John 17:13

    And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

  • Acts 3:21

    Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

  • John 7:33-34

    Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the bridegroom.
Ps 45:11; So 3:11; Isa 54:5; 62:5; Joh 3:29; 2Co 11:2; Re 19:7; 21:9
be taken.
Zec 13:7; Mt 26:31; Joh 7:33,34; 12:8; 13:33; 16:7,28; 17:11,13
Ac 1:9; 3:21
and.
Ac 13:2,3; 14:23; 1Co 7:5; 2Co 6:5; 11:27

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Mark 2:21

    No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

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Mark 2:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas vendrán días, cuando el esposo les será quitado, y entonces en aquellos días ayunarán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais des jours viendront, lorsque l’époux leur aura été ôté; et alors ils jeûneront en ce jour-là.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es werden aber Tage kommen, da der Bräutigam von ihnen weggenommen sein wird, und dann, an jenem Tage, werden sie fasten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Venient autem dies cum auferetur ab eis sponsus: et tunc jejunabunt in illis diebus.