Mark 9:10 (WEB)

Passage

They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.

Nearby Context

Mark 9:8 Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.

Mark 9:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Mark 9:10 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.

Mark 9:11 They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Mark 9:12 He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "kept", "saying", "themselves", "questioning", "rising", "dead", and "meant". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "kept" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "As they were coming down from the..." into verse 11's "They asked him saying Why do the...", so "kept" and "saying" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "kept" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.