Bible Strands
Mark 12:24
Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the Sadducees immediately after their hypothetical about a woman with seven husbands (Mark 12:23). He rebukes them in the same breath.
The words — οὐ (ou) is the negative particle rendered "Surely" in the BSB; it frames the statement not as a neutral correction but as a sharp rebuke.
The thread — Matthew 22:29 is the verbatim parallel. John 20:9 shows the disciples themselves failing to grasp the Scripture on resurrection, echoing the same ignorance Jesus names here.
Why it lands — It forces a reader to check whether their assumptions about the afterlife are built on what the text actually says or on cultural habit.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
Cross-references
- 2 Timothy 3:15 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
- John 20:9 For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
- Ephesians 1:19 and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
- Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Jeremiah 32:17 “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- Hosea 6:2 After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- Mark 10:27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
- Acts 17:11 Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
- Romans 15:4 For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.