Mark 8 · Verse 30

Mark 8:30

And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Mark 8:30, King James Version

Mark 8:30 in other translations

BSBAnd Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.
WEBHe commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
ASVAnd he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
YLTAnd he strictly charged them that they may tell no one about it,
DARBYAnd he charged them straitly, in order that they should tell no man about him.
BBEAnd he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.
WebsterAnd he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

What does Mark 8:30 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 8:27-33

These things are written, that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. These miracles of our Lord assure us that he was not conquered, but a Conqueror. Now the disciples are convinced that Jesus is the Christ; they may bear to hear of his sufferings, of which Christ here begins to give them notice. He sees that amiss in what we say and do, of which we ourselves are not aware, and knows what manner…

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Mark 8:30 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
ἐπετίμησενepetimēsenHe warnedG2008
αὐτοῖςautoisthemG846
ἵναinathatG2443
μηδενὶmēdenino oneG3367
λέγωσινlegōsinthey may tellG3004
περὶpericoncerningG4012
αὐτοῦ.autouHim.G846

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

Cross references for Mark 8:30

  • Matthew 16:20

    Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

  • Luke 9:21

    And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;

  • Mark 9:9

    And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

  • Mark 7:36

    And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

  • Mark 8:26

    And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

  • Matthew 8:4

    And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

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26; 7:36; 9:9; Mt 16:20; Lu 9:21

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Context

  • Mark 8:29

    And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

  • Mark 8:30

    And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

  • Mark 8:31

    And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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Mark 8:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y les apercibió que no hablasen de él á ninguno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il leur défendit expressément de dire cela de lui à personne.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er bedrohte sie, daß sie niemandem von ihm sagen sollten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et comminatus est eis, ne cui dicerent de illo.