Mar 8:31 | NET2full | STEP | Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders , chief priests , and experts in the law , and be killed , and after three days rise again .

‏ Mark 8:31

31 Then ^{▼▼tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.} Jesus ^{▼▼tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer ^{▼▼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.} many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ^{▼▼tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.} and be killed, and after three days rise again.