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Questions about Fasting

Mark 2:20

In 9 translations

BSB
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
KJV
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
WEB
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
ASV
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.
LSV
but days will come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they will fast—in those days.
YLT
but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast — in those days.
DBY
But days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.
DRC
But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them; and then they shall fast in those days.
GNV
But the daies will come, when the bridegrome shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast in those daies.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐκείνῃ (“that”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐκείναις (“those”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τῇ (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ταῖς (“the”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἡμέρᾳ.¶ (“day”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἡμέραις (“days”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ.
RP2018
ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.
TR-Boyd
ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.
SCR1894
ελευσονται δε ημεραι οταν απαρθη απ αυτων ο νυμφιος και τοτε νηστευσουσιν εν εκειναις ταις ημεραις

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 17:22Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
  • Revelation 21:9Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
  • Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
  • Isaiah 62:5For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
  • Revelation 19:7Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
  • Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
  • Acts 3:21Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
  • John 17:13But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.
  • John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
  • John 17:11I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
  • John 16:7But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
  • Acts 1:9After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
  • Acts 14:23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
  • 2 Corinthians 11:27in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
  • John 7:33–34So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me. You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
  • Psalms 45:11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

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