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International Standard Version

Mark 8:21

Then he said to them, "Don't you perceive yet?"Mark 6:17,52;">[xr]

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hardening, Hardness of Heart;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethsaida;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel of;   Messianic Secret;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Ideas (Leading);   Sorrow, Man of Sorrows;   Understanding;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 48 To Know, Perceive, Understand;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - How;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And he said to them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto them, How is it that ye doe not vnderstand?
King James Version
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
English Standard Version
And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"
New American Standard Bible
And He was saying to them, "Do you not yet understand?"
New Century Version
Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand yet?"
Amplified Bible
And He was saying to them, "Do you still not understand?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He was saying to them, "Do you not yet understand?"
Legacy Standard Bible
And He was saying to them, "Do you not yet understand?"
Berean Standard Bible
Then He asked them, "Do you still not understand?"
Contemporary English Version
"Don't you know what I am talking about by now?" Jesus asked.
Complete Jewish Bible
He said to them, "And you still don't understand?"
Darby Translation
And he said to them, How do ye not yet understand?
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he said to them, "You remember these things I did, but you still don't understand?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he saide vnto them, Howe is it that ye vnderstand not?
George Lamsa Translation
He said to them, How is it then that even yet you cannot understand?
Good News Translation
"And you still don't understand?" he asked them.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"
Literal Translation
And He said to them, How do you not understand?
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?
Hebrew Names Version
He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"
Etheridge Translation
He saith to them, How do you not yet understand ?
Murdock Translation
He saith to them: Why is it that, to this time, ye do not consider?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto them: Howe happeneth it, that ye do not vnderstande?
English Revised Version
And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?
World English Bible
He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they said, Seven. And he said to them, How is it, that ye do not understand?
Weymouth's New Testament
"Do you not yet understand?" He said.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei seien to hym, Seuene. And he seide to hem, Hou vndurstonden ye not yit?
Update Bible Version
And he said to them, Do you not yet understand?
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, How is it that ye do not understand?
New English Translation
Then he said to them, "Do you still not understand?"
New King James Version
So He said to them, "How is it you do not understand?"
New Living Translation
"Don't you understand yet?" he asked them.
New Life Bible
Then He asked, "Why do you not understand yet?"
New Revised Standard
Then he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Not yet, do ye understand?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: How do you not yet understand?
Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto the: how is it yt ye vnderstonde not?
Young's Literal Translation
And he said to them, `How do ye not understand?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto the: Why are ye then without vnderstondinge?
Mace New Testament (1729)
don't you yet, said he, comprehend my meaning?
THE MESSAGE
He said, "Do you still not get it?"
Simplified Cowboy Version
"Do you still not see and get it?" Jesus asked.

Contextual Overview

10 Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.Mageda; still other mss. read Magdala">[fn]Matthew 15:39;">[xr] 11 The Pharisees arrived and began arguing with Jesus.him">[fn] They tested him by demanding from him a sign from heaven.Matthew 12:38; 16:1; John 6:30;">[xr] 12 He sighed deeply in his spirit and said, "Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation." 13 Leaving them, he got into a boat again and crossed to the other side. 14 Now the disciplesthey">[fn] had forgotten to take any bread along and had only one loaf with them in the boat.Matthew 16:5;">[xr] 15 JesusHe">[fn] had been warning them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"of the Herodians">[fn]Matthew 16:6; Luke 12:1;">[xr] 16 So they were discussing with one another the fact that they didn't have any bread.Matthew 16:7;">[xr] 17 Knowing this, Jesushe">[fn] said to them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you don't have any bread? Don't you understand or perceive yet? Are your hearts hardened?Mark 6:52;">[xr] 18 Do you have eyes but fail to see? Do you have ears but fail to hear?Jeremiah 5:21">[fn] Don't you remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets did you fill with leftover pieces?" They told him, "Twelve."Matthew 14:20; Mark 6:43; Luke 9:17; John 6:13;">[xr]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

How: Mark 8:12, Mark 8:17, Mark 6:52, Mark 9:19, Psalms 94:8, Matthew 16:11, Matthew 16:12, John 14:9, 1 Corinthians 6:5, 1 Corinthians 15:34

Reciprocal: Hebrews 5:11 - dull

Cross-References

Matthew 15:19
For it is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.blasphemy">[fn]Genesis 6:5; 9:21; Proverbs 6:14; Jeremiah 17:9; Mark 7:21;">[xr]
John 3:6
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him. Instead, their thoughts turned to worthless things,they became worthless in their thoughts">[fn] and their ignorant hearts were darkened.2 Kings 17:15; Jeremiah 2:5; Ephesians 4:17-18;">[xr]
Romans 3:23
since all have sinned and continue to fall short of God's glory.Romans 3:9; 11:32; Galatians 3:22;">[xr]
2 Corinthians 2:15
To God we are the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost.1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 4:3;">[xr]
Ephesians 5:2
Live in love as Christ also loved usyou">[fn] and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.Genesis 8:21; Leviticus 1:9; John 13:34; 15:12; 2 Corinthians 2:15; Galatians 1:4; 2:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Hebrews 7:27; 1 John 3:11,16, 23; 4:21;">[xr]
Philippians 4:18
I have been paid in full and have more than enough. I am fully supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus what you sent - a fragrant aroma, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.2 Corinthians 9:12; Philippians 2:25; Hebrews 13:16;">[xr]
1 John 5:19
We know that we are from God and that the whole world lies under the control of the evil one.Galatians 1:4;">[xr]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them,.... Since this was the case, and they so well remembered the miracles he had wrought, and the circumstances of them:

how is it that ye do not understand? my words concerning the leaven of the Pharisees, of the Sadducees, and of Herod, as to imagine I spoke of bread, taken in a literal sense; or that I concerned myself about the scantiness of your provisions, when you, might have learnt from my late miracles, how able I am to support you, if you had not so much as one loaf with you: wherefore it argues great want both of understanding and faith, and shows great stupidity, ignorance, and unbelief, to give such a sense of my words, and to be anxiously concerned on the score of your provisions.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in Matthew 16:1-12.

Mark 8:12

Sighed deeply in his spirit - His heart was deeply affected at their wickedness and hypocrisy. The word “spirit” here is taken as the seat of the emotions, passions, affections. He drew groans deeply from his breast.

No sign be given - That is, no such sign as they asked, to wit, a sign “from heaven.” He said a sign should be given, the same as was furnished by Jonas, Matthew 16:4. But this was not what they “asked,” nor would it be given “because” they asked it.

Mark 8:15

Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees - See Matthew 16:6.

Of Herod - Of the Herodians - of Herod and his followers. Matthew, instead of “Herod,” has “the Sadducees.” It is not improbably that he cautioned them against them all. The Pharisees sought his life, and were exceedingly corrupt in their doctrine and practice; the Sadducees denied some of the essential doctrines of religion, and the Herodians probably were distinguished for irreligion, sensuality, and corrupt living. They were united, therefore, with the Pharisees and Sadducees in opposing the claims of Jesus. Matthew has recorded his caution to avoid the Pharisees and Sadducees, and Mark has added, what Matthew had omitted. the caution likewise to beware of the Herodians. Thus, the evangelists speak the same thing.


 
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