Mark 14:49

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

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ἐκρατήσατέ

kratéō

G2902

“to have power”

Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural

Appears 47× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 9:25

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G2904

TDNT: 18:10,5

1. to have power, be powerful a. to be chief, be master of, to rule 2. to get possession of a. to become master of, to obtain b. to take hold of c. to take hold of, take, seize 1. to lay hands on one in order to get him into one's power 3. to hold a. to hold in the hand b. to hold fast, i.e. not discard or let go 1. to keep carefully and faithfully c. to continue to hold, to retain 1. of death continuing to hold one 2. to hold in check, restrain

About this verse

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18: words
17: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

ἐκρατήσατέ to have power G2902 occurs in 46 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse:

τῷ the G3588 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Mark 14:49 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

John 18:20 Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
John 8:2 Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.
Daniel 9:24–26 Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
Matthew 1:22 Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
Matthew 26:54 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"
Matthew 26:56 But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
Mark 12:35 Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Luke 22:37 For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with the lawless.' For that which concerns me has an end."

Luke 24:44–45 He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
Psalms 22:1–31 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
Isaiah 53:1–12 Who has believed our message? and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
Matthew 21:23–27 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
Mark 11:15–18 They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold the doves.
Mark 11:27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,
Luke 19:47–20:2 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
Luke 21:37–38 Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.

Luke 24:25–27 He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
John 7:28–30 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.
John 7:37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
John 8:12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
John 10:23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
Psalms 69:1–36 Save me, God, For the waters have come up to my neck!

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Commentary

Notes on Mark 14:49 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

14:49 But everything was taking place to fulfill what the Scriptures say about Jesus. Mark thus reassured his readers that these events were part of God’s divine plan. See Isa 53:7-9.

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Expositor's Greek Testament

ed. W. Robertson Nicoll

Mar 14:49 . ἵνα πληρωθῶσιν αἱ γ .: this may be a case of ἵνα with the subjunctive used as an imperative = let the Scriptures be fulfilled. Cf. 2Co 8:7 , last clause, and consult Winer, § xliii. 5 d.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(49) Ye took me not.—Better, ye seized Me not, or, ye laid no hold on Me.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

49. the scriptures must be fulfilled] Rather, but that the Scriptures may be fulfilled all this has come to pass.

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John Gill's Exposition

And he left the linen cloth,.... "In their hands", so the Persic version renders it; just as Joseph left his garment in the hands of his mistress, Gen 39:12;

and fled from them naked; to the house from whence he came. The Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, leave out the words "from them".

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The Pulpit Commentary

But this is done that the Scriptures might be fulfilled. This, as it stands in the original, is an incomplete sentence; in St. Matthew (Mat_26:56) the sentence occurs in its complete form. In both cases it has been questioned whether the words are those of our Lord, or whether they are the comment of the evangelist. On the whole, it would seem more probable that they are our Lord"s words, which seem almost required to conclude what he had said before.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

49. καθʼ ἡμέραν … ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ. The words are in all three, and they cause no difficulty, even if none of those who had heard Him teach were present in Gethsemane. Those who had ordered His arrest knew that every day, in a most public place, He was to be found. The allusion is probably to the last few days, not to the earlier teaching in Jerusalem.

ἤμην. This is the usual form of the 1st pers. imperf. in N.T. (Mat 25:35; Joh 11:15; Act 10:30, etc.).

πρὸς ὑμᾶς. Lk. has μεθʼ ὑμῶν, but πρός c. acc. indicates not merely proximity or accompaniment, but intercourse; see on Joh 1:1 and 1Jn 1:2.

ἀλλʼ ἵνα. Something is understood; “but you did not arrest Me then, in order that.” Mt. supplies all this has come to pass. See on Joh 9:3 and 1Jn 2:19.

αἱ γραφαί. See on Mar 12:10; Mar 12:24. In Jn it is always ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πλ. (Joh 13:18, Joh 17:12, Joh 19:24; Joh 19:36).

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

49. καθʼ ἡμέραν ἤμην πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ διδάσκων—I was daily with you in the temple teaching. This protests against the secrecy which they have used in his arrest. There is in it again, the idea that they have a dangerous character to deal with. He had not sought to hide himself, nor to cover up his teachings. He had mingled with them daily, and taught in the temple. He implies that there must be some secret reason, involving the weakness of their cause, not of his, for their proceeding against him with both force and secrecy. ἀλλʼ ἵνα πληρωθῶσιν αἱ γραφαί—The Scriptures that would be fulfilled in this instance were those that presaged his treatment as a malefactor, e.g. Isa 53:6-9, Isa 53:12. Our Lord must have entered very deeply into the inner meaning and heart of the Scriptures, to find them presaging his fate; just as the Scriptures themselves nowhere vindicate their inspired quality as in that presentiment.

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Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 18 words (17 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is kratéō (“to have power”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “to have power” (kratéō) contribute to the verse as a whole?
How does Matthew 9:25, which shares the word «to have power», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “the” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how Tyndale Open Study Notes and Expositor's Greek Testament read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
“the” occurs 2× in this single verse.
17 distinct Greek lemmas span 18 words in this verse.