Mar 8:31 | NETfull | 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

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

31 Then ^{▼▼ Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.} Jesus ^{▼▼ Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer ^{▼▼ 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, ^{▼▼ 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.