Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 9:34 - 9:34

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 9:34 - 9:34


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34. τίς μείζων. They were ashamed to confess such a dispute and were afraid of condemnation. Bede suggests that the preference shown to the three seorsum ductos in montem may have led to the dispute. Mt. represents them as asking Jesus, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” The use of the comparative, without the art., as equivalent to the superlative is freq. in late Greek. Blass, § 11. 3, 44. 3; Winer, pp. 303, 305. For ἐσιώπων, they remained silent, see on Mar 10:48.