Mark 2:20
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
KJV
ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ.
Greek NT
Venient autem dies cum auferetur ab eis sponsus : et tunc jejunabunt in illis diebus.
Vulgate
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.
ASV
But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: and then they shall fast in those days.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ — SBLGNT
- ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 54:5 — For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Isa 62:5 — For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
- Luke 17:22 — And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
- Luke 17:22 — And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
- Rev 19:7 — Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
- Rev 21:9 — And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
- Zech 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one