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29 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered and said to Him, a“You are the Christ.”  
30 aThen He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him.  

Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection

31 And aHe began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be brejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be ckilled, and after three days rise again.  
32 He spoke this word openly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
33 But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He arebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not1 mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”  

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him

34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, a“Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.  
35 For awhoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.  
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What Does Mark 8:31 Mean?

Even the chief priests and Pharisees recalled His prediction concerning rising after three days. After the crucifixion, they came to Pilate and said, "Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise'" (Matthew 27:63).




Mark 8:31-34

Jesus teaches self-denial to His disciples not only with His words but also by His actions. Notice that His call to self-denial comes immediately after predicting His own sacrificial death. He is the supreme model of the self-denial to which He calls others. He even denies Himself any urge to avenge Himself or to threaten His persecutors for what they had done to Him. In Jesus' example, we see that, by committing ourselves to God who judges rightly, we deny ourselves the temptation of worldly lusts.

Martin G. Collins
Overcoming (Part 5): Self-Denial

Related Topics: Self Control | Self Denial | Self Sacrifice | Yielding to God | Yielding to God's Will



Mark 8:31

Even the chief priests and Pharisees remembered His sign. They tell Pilate after the crucifixion, "Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise'" (Matthew 27:63).

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
'After Three Days'

Related Topics: After Three Days | Jesus Christ's Resurrection | Prophecies of Jesus Christ | Sign of Jonah




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Mark 8:31:

Ecclesiastes 3:12-14
Matthew 12:38-40
John 21:2-3


 
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