Mark 9:16

16 And he sayde vnto the Scribes: what dispute ye with them?

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 And he came to his disciples and sawe moche people aboute them and the scribes disputinge with them.

15 And streyght waye all the people when they behelde him were amased and ran to him and saluted him.

16 And he sayde vnto the Scribes: what dispute ye with them?

17 And one of the copanye answered and sayde: Master I have brought my sonne vnto the which hath a dome spirite.

18 And whensoever he taketh him he teareth him and he fometh and gnassheth with his tethe and pyneth awaye. And I spake to thy disciples that they shuld caste him out and they coulde not.