INTERPRETATION OF THE GOSPEL OF MARK 9:48

Zainal Sibagariang, Manogang Simanjuntak

Abstract


The interpretation of Jesus' words, "where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched" in Mark 9:48 has been a matter of debate in history since the early church. The clause which is a quote from book 66:24 has been interpreted differently by biblical scholars. Until now they are still debating and there is no agreement. Some argue that this is a description of eternal torture in hell but on the other hand argue that Jesus did not mean it that way. The results of this study approach using the "grammatical and historical" method come to the conclusion that to understand Jesus' words it is not enough to just base it on grammatical and syntactic analysis but must also be studied from a historical perspective. Based on the study of context and history, what Jesus meant in these words was not a description of eternal torture but rather the consequences of the punishment itself. The opinion that states that there is torture of servants in gehenna does not come from the Bible itself but is taken from ideas that come from outside the Bible such as books that appeared in the intertestamental period and Greek philosophy.

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