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Rejected (apodokimasthēnai). First aorist passive infinitive of apodokimazō, to reject after trial.
The third day (tēi tritēi hēmerāi). Locative case of time as in Mat 16:21. Here in the parallel passage Mar 8:31 has “after three days” (meta treis hēmeras) in precisely the same sense. That is to say, “after three days” is just a free way of saying “on the third day” and cannot mean “on the fourth day” if taken too literally. For discussion of this plain prediction of the death of Christ with various details see note on Mat 16:21 and note on Mar 8:31. It was a melancholy outlook that depressed the disciples as Mark and Matthew show in the protest of Peter and his rebuke.