Mark 9:31-33

9:31 for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. ¹  They ²  will kill him, ³  and after three days he will rise.” ⁴  9:32 But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

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9:33 Then ⁵  they came to Capernaum. ⁶  After Jesus ⁷  was inside the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

[9:31]  ¹ tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is considered by some to be used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NRSV, “into human hands”; CEV, “to people”). However, because this can be taken as a specific reference to the group responsible for Jesus’ arrest, where it is unlikely women were present (cf. Matt 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12), the word “men” has been retained in the translation. There may also be a slight wordplay with “the Son of Man” earlier in the verse.

[9:31]  ² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[9:31]  ³ tn Grk “They will kill him, and being killed, after…” The redundancy in the statement has been removed in the translation.

[9:31]  ⁴ sn They will kill him and after three days he will rise. See the note at the end of Mark 8:30 regarding the passion predictions.

[9:33]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[9:33]  ⁶ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

[9:33]  ⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.