# Mark 8.31

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**Book:** [Mark](/codex/john-mark/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 29. And he asked them, <span class="rl-speech">But who say ye that I am?</span> Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
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> **31. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.**
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> 32. And he spake the saying openly. And Peter took him, <span class="rl-speech">and began to rebuke him.</span> 33. But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, <span class="rl-speech">Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.</span> (Mark 8:29-33, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 29. He said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“But who do you say that I am?”</span> Peter answered, “You are the Christ.” 30. He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
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> **31. He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.**
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> 32. He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, <span class="rl-speech">and began to rebuke him.</span> 33. But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, <span class="rl-speech">“Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”</span> (Mark 8:29-33, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 29. And he saith unto them, <span class="rl-speech">But whom say ye that I am?</span> And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
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> **31. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.**
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> 32. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, <span class="rl-speech">and began to rebuke him.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.</span> (Mark 8:29-33, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 29. And he saith to them, <span class="rl-speech">'And ye, who do ye say me to be?'</span> and Peter answering saith to him, 'Thou art the Christ.' 30. And he strictly charged them that they may tell no one about it,
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> **31. and began to teach them, that it behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise again;**
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> 32. and openly he was speaking the word. And Peter having taken him aside, began to rebuke him, 33. and he, having turned, and having looked on his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, 'Get behind me, Adversary, because thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.' (Mark 8:29-33, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

- _TBD_
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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Cumulative Case for the Deity of Christ](/codex/cumulative-case-for-the-deity-of-christ/)
- [Did Jesus Send Muhammad Dilemma Argument](/codex/did-jesus-send-muhammad-dilemma-argument/)
- [Jesus Was Not Dead Three Days and Three Nights Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-was-not-dead-three-days-and-three-nights-objection-defeater/)
- [Paul Invented Christianity Objection Defeater](/codex/paul-invented-christianity-objection-defeater/)
- [Why Didnt Jesus Write Anything Himself Objection Defeater](/codex/why-didnt-jesus-write-anything-himself-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Mark 8.29-38](/codex/mark-8-29-38/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.