32 But they did not understand the statement, and they were afraid to ask him.

The Question About Who Is Greatest

33 And they came to Capernaum. And after he[a] was in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they were silent, because they had argued with one another on the way about who was greatest.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:33 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as temporal