Mark 9:34
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
KJV
οἱ δὲ ἐσιώπων· πρὸς ἀλλήλους γὰρ διελέχθησαν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τίς μείζων.
Greek NT
Et residens vocavit duodecim, et ait illis : Si quis vult primus esse, erit omnium novissimus, et omnium minister.
Vulgate
But they held their peace: for they had disputed one with another on the way, who was the greatest.
ASV
And sitting down, he called the twelve and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all and be minister of all.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διαλέγομαι
dialegomai
verb · 13×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σιωπάω
siopao
verb · 10×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀλλήλων
allelon
reciprocal_pronoun · 100×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. What then says Peter? "He says, Yea:" and to these indeed he said, that He pays, but to Him he said it not, blushing perhaps to speak to Him of these things. Wherefore that gentle one, well knowing as He did all things, prevented him,"saying, What do you think, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? Of their own sons, or of strangers;" and when he s…
Cross-references
- 3John 1:9 — I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
- Luke 22:24 — And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
- Mark 3:4 — And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
- Mark 9:50 — Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.