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Mark 8:21

And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

KJV

καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· οὔπω συνίετε;

Greek NT

Et dicebat eis : Quomodo nondum intelligitis ?

Vulgate

And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?

ASV

And he said to them: How do you not yet understand?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

5 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὔπω
oupo
adverb · 25×
συνίημι
suniemi
verb · 26×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: Οὔπω | WH/NIV: Οὔπω | Treg: Πῶς | RP: Πῶς οὐ
  • ΟὔπωSBLGNT
  • ΟὔπωWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ΠῶςTregelles
  • Πῶς οὐRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:5 — I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
  • 1Cor 15:34 — Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
  • Heb 5:11 — Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
  • John 14:9 — Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
  • Mark 6:52 — For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
  • Mark 8:12 — And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
  • Mark 8:17 — And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
  • Mark 9:19 — He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
  • Matt 16:11 — How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
  • Matt 16:11 — How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
  • Ps 94:8 — Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?