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First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

31 Then[a] Jesus[b] began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer[c] many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law,[d] and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 8:31 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
  2. Mark 8:31 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Mark 8:31 sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis, since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.
  4. Mark 8:31 tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.