Mark 9:6
For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
KJV
οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει τί ἀποκριθῇ· ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο.
Greek NT
Et facta est nubes obumbrans eos : et venit vox de nube, dicens : Hic est Filius meus carissimus : audite illum.
Vulgate
For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid.
ASV
And there was a cloud overshadowing them. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying: This is my most beloved Son. Hear ye him.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἔκφοβος
ekphobos
adjective · 2×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἀποκριθῇ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀποκριθῇ | RP: λαλήσει
- ἀποκριθῇ — SBLGNT
- ἀποκριθῇ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λαλήσει — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο | RP: ἦσαν γὰρ ἔκφοβοι
- ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο — SBLGNT
- ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἦσαν γὰρ ἔκφοβοι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. And after six days He takes with Him Peter and James and John. Matthew 17:1 Now another says, after eight, Luke 9:28 not contradicting this writer, but most fully agreeing with him. For the one expressed both the very day on which He spoke, and that on which He led them up; but the other, the days between them only. But mark thou, I pray you, the severe goodness of Matthew, …
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
Cross-references
- Dan 10:8 — Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
- Dan 10:15 — And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
- Gen 19:8 — Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came th
- Luke 5:9 — For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
- Mark 16:5 — And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
- Rev 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: