Mark 9:31

because 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.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus speaks to His disciples while passing through Galilee, deliberately concealing His route before predicting His death and resurrection.

The words — The Greek ἔλεγεν (elegen) means He was saying, emphasizing the continuous nature of Jesus’ instruction to the group.

The thread — This prediction parallels the teachings recorded in Matthew 16:21 and Matthew 20:18 regarding His delivery to Jewish leaders and suffering in Jerusalem.

Why it lands — The passage requires readers to confront the explicit link between Jesus’ identity as the Son of Man and His necessary submission to human violence and subsequent rising.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Matthew 16:21 From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Mark 9:12 He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
Matthew 20:18 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death
Mark 8:31 Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
Luke 24:44 Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
Matthew 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 26:2 “You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
Luke 24:26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
Matthew 21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
Luke 9:44 “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”