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Καὶ ἤρξατο διδάσκειν αὐτοὺς ὅτι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου πολλὰ παθεῖν, καὶ ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων καὶ τῶν ἀρχιερέων καὶ τῶν γραμματέων, καὶ ἀποκτανθῆναι καὶ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀναστῆναι· (Mark 8:31)

And he began to teach them that it is necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise.

The Opening Verb: ἤρξατο διδάσκειν

The verbal phrase ἤρξατο διδάσκειν (“he began to teach”) is a syntactic powerhouse frequently used by Mark. The aorist middle verb ἤρξατο introduces a shift in tone and mission, marking the onset of a solemn new phase in the narrative.… Learn Koine Greek