Mark 9:31

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. ¹  They ²  will kill him, ³  and after three days he will rise.” ⁴ 

Mt 16:21; Mt 20:18,19,28; Mt 21:38,39; Mt 26:2; Mr 8:31; Mr 9:12; Lu 9:44; Lu 18:31-33; Lu 24:26,44-46; Joh 2:19; Joh 3:14; Joh 10:18; Ac 2:23,24; Ac 4:27,28; 2Ti 2:12

¹ tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is considered by some to be used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NRSV, “into human hands”; CEV, “to people”). However, because this can be taken as a specific reference to the group responsible for Jesus’ arrest, where it is unlikely women were present (cf. Matt 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12), the word “men” has been retained in the translation. There may also be a slight wordplay with “the Son of Man” earlier in the verse.

² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

³ tn Grk “They will kill him, and being killed, after…” The redundancy in the statement has been removed in the translation.

⁴ sn They will kill him and after three days he will rise. See the note at the end of Mark 8:30 regarding the passion predictions.