What Does Mark 9:31 Mean in the King James?
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.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse names both the reach and the limit of human power: Jesus is handed over to human hands, killed, and then stands up from death.
THE MEANING
Jesus is handed over into human hands, killed, and rises on the third day. The verse holds the violence and the return to life together: human hands take him, but death does not keep him.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that death has the final authority over Jesus is undone here: he is killed, and he rises on the third day.
THE ROOT
παραδίδοται
paradidotai
GROWS FROM
δίδωμι
didōmi
To give, grant, or put into another’s hands.
The word translated “delivered” grows from the ordinary verb “give.” With “into the hands of men” immediately after it, the verse makes that giving concrete as a handing over; the same root appears in words for sharing and giving back.
ALSO GROWS
apodidōmi: Give back, return, or repay.
ἀποδίδωμι
It shows the root’s range: giving can be a return of what was received.
metadidōmi: Share or impart.
μεταδίδωμι
It shows that the same root for handing Jesus over can also describe giving something to another to share.
ἀναστήσεται
anastēsetai
GROWS FROM
ἵστημι
histēmi
To stand or set in place.
The verb translated “rise” is built on the word for “stand,” with ἀνά (ana, up or again) added. It pictures Jesus standing up again after the verse has plainly named his death.
ALSO GROWS
anastasis: A rising or resurrection.
ἀνάστασις
This noun shares the same “stand up” root and names the return to life the verse describes.
stasis: A standing or position.
στάσις
It preserves the root’s image of standing beneath the English word “rise.”
THE PATTERN
A passage through death does not end in death; life emerges on the other side.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.THE THREAD
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.The word rendered “delivered” here is παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi, to hand over), the same Greek verb behind “is delivered” in Mark. Romans places that handing over beside being raised, bringing the two movements together in one line.
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