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, ▼ and be killed, and after three days rise again.
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