Mark 9 · Verse 31

Mark 9:31

For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
Mark 9:31, King James Version

Mark 9:31 in other translations

BSBbecause He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”
WEBfor he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”
ASVFor he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.
YLTfor he was teaching his disciples, and he said to them, ‘The Son of Man is being delivered to the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and having been killed the third day he shall rise,'
DARBYfor he taught his disciples and said to them, The Son of man is delivered into men's hands, and they shall kill him; and having been killed, after three days he shall rise again.
BBEFor he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.
WebsterFor he taught his disciples, and said to them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and after that he is killed, he will rise the third day.

What does Mark 9:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. For he taught his disciples, and said unto them--"Let these sayings sink down into your ears" (Lu 9:44); not what had been passing between them as to His grandeur, but what He was now to utter. The Son of man is delivered--The use of the present tense expresses how near at hand He would have them to consider it. As Bengel says, steps were already in course of being taken to bring it about. into the hands of men--This remarkable antithesis, "the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men," it is worthy of notice, is in all the three Evangelists. and they shall kill him--that is, "Be not carried off your feet by all that grandeur of Mine which ye have lately witnessed, but bear in mind what I have already told you and now distinctly repeat, that that Sun in whose beams ye now rejoice is soon to set in midnight gloom." and after he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 31. Is delivered. Is given to me to make atonement by his sufferings and death, and will in due time be taken and killed.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 9:30-40

The time of Christ's suffering drew nigh. Had he been delivered into the hands of devils, and they had done this, it had not been so strange; but that men should thus shamefully treat the Son of man, who came to redeem and save them, is wonderful. Still observe that when Christ spake of his death, he always spake of his resurrection, which took the reproach of it from himself, and should have taken the grief of it…

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Mark 9:31 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.

ἐδίδασκενedidaskenHe was teachingG1321
γὰρgarforG1063
τοὺςtoustheG3588
μαθητὰςmathētasdisciplesG3101
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846
καὶkaiandG2532
ἔλεγενelegenHe was sayingG3004
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846
ὅτιhotithatG3754
ὁhoTheG3588
υἱὸςhuiosSonG5207
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouof ManG444
παραδίδοταιparadidotaiis deliveredG3860
εἰςeisinto [the]G1519
χεῖραςcheirashandsG5495
ἀνθρώπων,anthrōpōnof men,G444
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀποκτενοῦσινapoktenousinthey will killG615
αὐτόν,autonHim,G846
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀποκτανθεὶςapoktantheishaving been killedG615
μετὰmetaon [the]G3326
τρεῖςtreisthirdG5140
ἡμέραςhēmerasdayG2250
ἀναστήσεται.anastēsetaiHe will arise.G450

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Cross references for Mark 9:31

  • Matthew 16:21

    From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

  • Mark 9:12

    And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

  • 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.

  • Luke 24:44-46

    And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

  • Matthew 20:18-19

    Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

  • Matthew 20:28

    Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  • Matthew 26:2

    Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

  • Luke 24:26

    Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

  • John 10:18

    No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

  • Luke 9:44

    Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

  • Matthew 21:38-39

    But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

  • 2 Timothy 2:12

    If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The Son.
12; 8:31; Mt 16:21; 20:18,19,28; 21:38,39; 26:2; Lu 9:44; 18:31-33
Lu 24:26,44-46; Joh 2:19; 3:14; 10:18; Ac 2:23,24; 4:27,28
2Ti 2:12

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Context

  • Mark 9:30

    And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.

  • Mark 9:31

    For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

  • Mark 9:32

    But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

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Mark 9:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque enseñaba á sus discípulos, y les decía: El Hijo del hombre será entregado en manos de hombres, y le matarán; mas muerto él, resucitará al tercer día.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car il enseignait ses disciples et leur disait: Le fils de l’homme est livré entre les mains des hommes, et ils le feront mourir; et ayant été mis à mort, il ressuscitera le troisième jour.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn er lehrte seine Jünger und sprach zu ihnen: Der Sohn des Menschen wird überliefert in der Menschen Hände, und sie werden ihn töten; und nachdem er getötet worden ist, wird er nach drei Tagen auferstehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
At illi ignorabant verbum: et timebant interrogare eum.