Mark 9:16

16 (9-15) And he asked them: What do you question about among you?

Mark 9:16 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:16

And he asked the Scribes
The Vulgate Latin renders it, "he asked them"; and the Ethiopic version, he said unto them; meaning either that he asked the disciples when he came to them, or else the people that ran to salute him; but the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "the Scribes"; seeing them about his disciples, in close debate with them, and running hard upon them, he asks them,

what question ye with them?
what is it ye seek and require of them? what is your dispute with them? what is your debate about? The Vulgate Latin version reads, "what question ye among you?" among themselves, and one another; and so Beza's most ancient copy.

Mark 9:16 In-Context

14 (9-13) And coming to his disciples he saw a great multitude about them and the scribes disputing with them.

15 (9-14) And presently all the people, seeing Jesus, were astonished and struck with fear: and running to him, they saluted him.

16 (9-15) And he asked them: What do you question about among you?

17 (9-16) And one of the multitude, answering, said: Master, I have brought my son to thee, having a dumb spirit.

18 (9-17) Who, wheresoever he taketh him, dasheth him: and he foameth and gnasheth with the teeth and pineth away. And I spoke to thy disciples to cast him out: and they could not.