Mark 9:10

They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.

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WEBBE

They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.

BSB

So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.

KJV

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

ASV

And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean.

BBE

And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

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καὶ kai And G2532 τὸν ton that G3588 λόγον logon saying G3056 ἐκράτησαν ekratēsan they kept G2902 πρὸς pros among G4314 ἑαυτοὺς he'autous themselves G1438 συζητοῦντες suzētountes questioning G4802 τί ti what G5101 ἐστιν estin it is G1510 τὸ to (the) G3588 ἐκ ek out from G1537 νεκρῶν nekrōn the dead G3498 ἀναστῆναι anastēnai to rise G450

The early church

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) But they, being ignorant of the mystery of the resurrection, took hold of that saying, and disputed one with another; wherefore there follows, And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should, mean.
Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
This, which is peculiar to Mark, means, that when death shall have been swallowed up in victory, we shall have no memory for the former things. It goes on, And they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes that Elias must first come.
Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–13

Here is a prediction of the near approach Christ's kingdom. A glimpse of that kingdom was given in the transfiguration of Christ. It is good to be away from the world, and alone with Christ: and how good to be with Christ glorified in heaven with all the saints! But when it is well with us, we are apt not to care for others, and in the fulness of our enjoyments, we forget the many wants of our brethren. God owns Jesus, and accepts him as his beloved Son, and is ready to accept us in him. Therefore we must own and accept him as our beloved Saviour, and must give up ourselves to be ruled by him. Christ does not leave the soul, when joys and comforts leave it. Jesus explained to the disciples the prophecy about Elias. This was very suitable to the ill usage of John Baptist.

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Jesus, The ChristApostles

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.