Mark 9 — Clausal Layout (Greek)

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The kingdom in power and the transfiguration 9:1–13

v. 1 — the pledge: some will see the kingdom come in power

Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς·independent — iterative imperfect — the solemn saying closing the call to discipleship (8:34–38)

Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖνcontent — the ἀμήν-formula — Jesus' characteristic solemn asseveration

ὅτι εἰσίν τινες ὧδε τῶν ἑστηκότωνcontent — the pledge — partitive: some of those now present

οἵτινες οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτουrelative — οὐ μή + subjunctive — the strongest denial; 'taste death,' a Semitic idiom (cf. Heb 2:9)

ἕως ἂν ἴδωσιν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐληλυθυῖαν ἐν δυνάμει.conditional — temporal ἕως ἄν (typed cnd; no temporal key) — the famous crux: what do 'some' live to see? six days later, the transfiguration

vv. 2–8 — the transfiguration: the mountain, the garments, the cloud, the voice

Καὶ μετὰ ἡμέρας ἓξ παραλαμβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τὸν Ἰάκωβον καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην,independent — historic present; the rare exact interval echoes Exod 24:16 — six days before the glory on Sinai

καὶ ἀναφέρει αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν κατ’ ἰδίαν μόνους.independent — historic present — the mountain of theophany; doubled privacy, κατ’ ἰδίαν μόνους

καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν,independent — μετεμορφώθη — divine passive: God transfigures him

καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο στίλβοντα λευκὰ λίανindependent — στίλβοντα — a NT hapax; the whiteness of heavenly glory

οἷα γναφεὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐ δύναται οὕτως λευκᾶναι.relative — οἷα-clause — the homely foil: beyond any earthly bleacher's craft

καὶ ὤφθη αὐτοῖς Ἠλίας σὺν Μωϋσεῖ,independent — ὤφθη — the verb of revelatory appearances; Elijah named first, feeding vv. 11–13

καὶ ἦσαν συλλαλοῦντες τῷ Ἰησοῦ.independent — periphrastic imperfect — the two who met God on the mountain converse with him

καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Πέτρος λέγει τῷ Ἰησοῦ·independent — historic present with Semitic ἀποκριθείς — Peter 'answers' what no one asked

Ῥαββί, καλόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι,content — ῥαββί — the merely human address at the moment of glory

καὶ ποιήσωμεν τρεῖς σκηνάς, σοὶ μίαν καὶ Μωϋσεῖ μίαν καὶ Ἠλίᾳ μίαν.content — hortatory subjunctive — three equal booths, the proposal's error

οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει τί ἀποκριθῇ·cause — narrator's excusing aside — the deliberative subjunctive kept in the indirect question

ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο.cause — the second γάρ — fear beneath the babble; ἔκφοβος, a rare intensive

καὶ ἐγένετο νεφέλη ἐπισκιάζουσα αὐτοῖς,independent — the Shekinah cloud — ἐπισκιάζω of Exod 40:34–35

καὶ ἐγένετο φωνὴ ἐκ τῆς νεφέλης·independent — the bat qol — the speech-frame; cf. 1:11, now addressed to the disciples

Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός,content — the baptismal declaration turned third person — Ps 2:7 with Gen 22:2 overtones

ἀκούετε αὐτοῦ.content — Deut 18:15 — the prophet like Moses; the Father's one command

καὶ ἐξάπινα περιβλεψάμενοιparticipial — preposed circumstantial — leans on εἶδον; ἐξάπινα, a rare adverb

οὐκέτι οὐδένα εἶδον ἀλλὰ τὸν Ἰησοῦν μόνον μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν.independent — the vision withdrawn — Jesus alone remains, the scene's abiding point

vv. 9–13 — the descent: silence until the rising, and the Elijah question

Καὶ καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ ὄρουςparticipial — genitive absolute — forward-leaning on διεστείλατο

διεστείλατο αὐτοῖςindependent — διαστέλλομαι — the strict charge; the messianic secret given a terminus

ἵνα μηδενὶ ἃ εἶδον διηγήσωνται,content — ἵνα-content of the command — the relative ἃ εἶδον drawn forward

εἰ μὴ ὅταν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ.conditional — εἰ μὴ ὅταν — the exception that dates the secret: the resurrection unseals it

καὶ τὸν λόγον ἐκράτησαν πρὸς ἑαυτοὺςindependent — they obey the letter — the λόγος held fast

συζητοῦντες τί ἐστιν τὸ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῆναι.participial — the puzzlement — not resurrection as such, but one man's rising before the End

καὶ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες·independent — iterative imperfect + speech-participle

Ὅτι λέγουσιν οἱ γραμματεῖςcontent — interrogative ὅτι = 'why?' — a Markan idiom; the scribal expectation from Mal 4:5

ὅτι Ἠλίαν δεῖ ἐλθεῖν πρῶτον;content — δεῖ — the scriptural necessity: Elijah before the Day

ὁ δὲ ἔφη αὐτοῖς·independent — the reply-frame

Ἠλίας μὲν ἐλθὼν πρῶτον ἀποκαθιστάνει πάντα,content — the expectation granted — μέν awaiting its adversative; ἀποκαθιστάνει from Mal 4:6 LXX

καὶ πῶς γέγραπται ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπουcontent — the counter-question — if Elijah restores all, why must the Son of Man suffer?

ἵνα πολλὰ πάθῃ καὶ ἐξουδενηθῇ;content — ἵνα-content of γέγραπται — Ps 22 / Isa 53:3; ἐξουδενηθῇ, 'set at naught'

ἀλλὰ λέγω ὑμῖνcontent — the ἀλλά-verdict — the implied δέ to v. 12's μέν

ὅτι καὶ Ἠλίας ἐλήλυθεν,content — perfect ἐλήλυθεν — the forerunner already arrived: John the Baptist (cf. 1:6)

καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἤθελον,content — the rejection — Herod and Herodias (6:14–29) behind the veiled ὅσα ἤθελον

καθὼς γέγραπται ἐπ’ αὐτόν.comparative — the Elijah-scripture — Jezebel's pursuit (1 Kgs 19:2, 10) read as pattern

The boy with the mute spirit — 'I believe; help my unbelief' 9:14–29

vv. 14–19 — down the mountain: the dispute, the father's report, the lament

Καὶ ἐλθόντες πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰςparticipial — preposed circumstantial — leans on εἶδον; from glory down to the arguing crowd

εἶδον ὄχλον πολὺν περὶ αὐτοὺς καὶ γραμματεῖς συζητοῦντας πρὸς αὐτούς.independent — the scene below — the nine besieged; συζητέω, the chapter's dispute-verb

καὶ εὐθὺς πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐξεθαμβήθησαν,independent — ἐξεθαμβήθησαν — Mark's intensive awe-verb; plural participle with collective ὄχλος (constructio ad sensum)

καὶ προστρέχοντεςparticipial — preposed participle — leans on ἠσπάζοντο

ἠσπάζοντο αὐτόν.independent — inceptive imperfect — the rush of greeting

καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτούς·independent — the question-frame

Τί συζητεῖτε πρὸς αὐτούς;content — the probe — Jesus steps into the argument

καὶ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ εἷς ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου·independent — the father emerges — εἷς ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου

Διδάσκαλε, ἤνεγκα τὸν υἱόν μου πρὸς σέ,content — πρὸς σέ — he came for Jesus and found the nine

ἔχοντα πνεῦμα ἄλαλον·participial — attributive participle — ἄλαλον, the spirit that silences

καὶ ὅπου ἐὰν αὐτὸν καταλάβῃconditional — indefinite local ὅπου ἐάν (typed cnd; no local key) — leaning on ῥήσσει

ῥήσσει αὐτόν,content — the symptoms begin — iterative presents in the father's report

καὶ ἀφρίζειcontent — the foaming — clinical detail in the father's voice

καὶ τρίζει τοὺς ὀδόνταςcontent — the grinding — the subject slips from spirit to boy

καὶ ξηραίνεται·content — ξηραίνεται — 'dries up': the stiffened collapse

καὶ εἶπα τοῖς μαθηταῖς σουcontent — the complaint turns — σου: they are Jesus' disciples who failed

ἵνα αὐτὸ ἐκβάλωσιν,content — ἵνα-content of the request

καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν.content — οὐκ ἴσχυσαν — the failure stated flat; the authority of 6:7 gone slack

ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτοῖς λέγει·independent — historic present — the grieved reply

Ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος,content — verbless exclamation — Deut 32:5, 20 behind the address; disciples and crowd together

ἕως πότε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσομαι;content — the prophet's weariness — the first ἕως πότε

ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν;content — the parallel lament

φέρετε αὐτὸν πρός με.content — the lament pivots to command — πρός με, where the disciples failed

vv. 20–24 — the convulsion, the exchange over δύνασθαι, the cry of half-faith

καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτόν.independent — the command obeyed

καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸνparticipial — preposed participle — leans on συνεσπάραξεν; its subject, the spirit, follows

τὸ πνεῦμα εὐθὺς συνεσπάραξεν αὐτόν,independent — the hostile greeting — the sight of Jesus provokes the paroxysm

καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆςparticipial — preposed participle — leans on ἐκυλίετο; the subject shifts to the boy

ἐκυλίετο ἀφρίζων.independent — progressive imperfect — the fit plays out before all

καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ·independent — the unhurried question amid the fit — the case history drawn out

Πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶνcontent — the question of duration

ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ;conditional — temporal ὡς (typed cnd; no temporal key) — 'since'

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν·independent — the father's reply-frame

Ἐκ παιδιόθεν·content — verbless — the doubled 'from' (ἐκ + -θεν): a lifelong affliction

καὶ πολλάκις καὶ εἰς πῦρ αὐτὸν ἔβαλεν καὶ εἰς ὕδαταcontent — the murderous history — fire and water, the elements of destruction

ἵνα ἀπολέσῃ αὐτόν·purpose — the spirit's purpose named — ἀπολέσῃ

ἀλλ’ εἴ τι δύνῃ,conditional — protasis inside quoted speech — the father's tentative εἴ τι δύνῃ, leaning on βοήθησον

βοήθησον ἡμῖν σπλαγχνισθεὶς ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς.content — the apodosis-plea — ἡμῖν: father and son suffer together; σπλαγχνισθείς, the compassion-verb of 1:41

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ·independent — the reply-frame

Τὸ Εἰ δύνῃ,content — elliptical — the article Τό holds the man's own words up for inspection; the earliest text's harder reading against the later smoothing τὸ εἰ δύνασαι πιστεῦσαι

πάντα δυνατὰ τῷ πιστεύοντι.content — verbless maxim — the question is not Jesus' power but the father's faith

εὐθὺς κράξας ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ παιδίου ἔλεγεν·independent — κράξας — the shout of urgency; some witnesses add μετὰ δακρύων, 'with tears'

Πιστεύω·content — the confession — one word

βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ.content — the celebrated paradox — βοήθει echoing his own βοήθησον: faith asking Christ to supply its lack

vv. 25–29 — the expulsion, the raising, the private lesson

ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἐπισυντρέχει ὄχλοςparticipial — preposed circumstantial with ὅτι-content — leans on ἐπετίμησεν; he acts before the spectacle swells

ἐπετίμησεν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ λέγων αὐτῷ·independent — ἐπετίμησεν — the rebuke-verb of exorcism (1:25)

Τὸ ἄλαλον καὶ κωφὸν πνεῦμα,content — verbless address — the spirit named by its works and so mastered

ἐγὼ ἐπιτάσσω σοι,content — emphatic ἐγώ — where the disciples failed, his bare authority

ἔξελθε ἐξ αὐτοῦcontent — the expulsion command

καὶ μηκέτι εἰσέλθῃς εἰς αὐτόν.content — the prohibition of return — μηκέτι: the cure made permanent

καὶ κράξας καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαςparticipial — two preposed aorist participles — the violent exit before the verb (cf. 1:26)

ἐξῆλθεν·independent — the command obeyed — one word

καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός,independent — ὡσεὶ νεκρός — the deliverance that looks like death

ὥστε τοὺς πολλοὺς λέγεινpurpose — ὥστε + infinitive — actual result (typed pur; no result key)

ὅτι ἀπέθανεν.content — the crowd's verdict — setting up the resurrection-shaped raising

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς κρατήσας τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ ἤγειρεν αὐτόν,independent — κρατήσας τῆς χειρός + ἤγειρεν — the gesture and verb of 1:31 and 5:41; resurrection in miniature

καὶ ἀνέστη.independent — ἀνέστη — the chapter's rising-verb (vv. 9, 10, 31) enacted on the boy

καὶ εἰσελθόντος αὐτοῦ εἰς οἶκονparticipial — genitive absolute — the Markan house of private instruction

οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ κατ’ ἰδίαν ἐπηρώτων αὐτόν·independent — κατ’ ἰδίαν again — the failure faced indoors

Ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό;content — interrogative ὅτι = 'why?'; emphatic ἡμεῖς — we, who had done it before (6:13)

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·independent — the answer-frame

Τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖνcontent — τοῦτο τὸ γένος — a rank of spirit beyond delegated technique

εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ.conditional — verbless εἰ μή exception — dependence, not formula; some witnesses add καὶ νηστείᾳ ('and fasting'), the shorter text printed

The second passion prediction 9:30–32

Κἀκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντεςparticipial — preposed participle — leans on παρεπορεύοντο; κἀκεῖθεν by crasis

παρεπορεύοντο διὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας,independent — progressive imperfect — the incognito journey south

καὶ οὐκ ἤθελενindependent — the deliberate secrecy

ἵνα τις γνοῖ·content — ἵνα-content of θέλω — γνοῖ, the late-Greek subjunctive form

ἐδίδασκεν γὰρ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦcause — the γάρ of the secrecy — the journey is a traveling classroom

καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ὅτιcause — coordinate with ἐδίδασκεν — recitative ὅτι

Ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων,content — the wordplay υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου / χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων; παραδίδοται, futuristic present and divine passive

καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν,content — the second prediction's blunt center

καὶ ἀποκτανθεὶςparticipial — preposed participle — leans on ἀναστήσεται; death conceded before the rising

μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀναστήσεται.content — the refrain's hopeful close — μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας, Mark's idiom

οἱ δὲ ἠγνόουν τὸ ῥῆμα,independent — the persistent incomprehension — the pattern of 8:32

καὶ ἐφοβοῦντο αὐτὸν ἐπερωτῆσαι.independent — fear seals the misunderstanding — the silence that breeds the road-dispute

Who is the greatest — the child in the midst 9:33–37

vv. 33–35 — the road-dispute exposed; first means last

Καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Καφαρναούμ.independent — back to the home base of chapter 1

καὶ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ γενόμενοςparticipial — preposed participle — leans on ἐπηρώτα; the house again the schoolroom

ἐπηρώτα αὐτούς·independent — inceptive imperfect — the probing question

Τί ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ διελογίζεσθε;content — ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ — on the way of the cross, of all places

οἱ δὲ ἐσιώπων·independent — the shamed silence

πρὸς ἀλλήλους γὰρ διελέχθησαν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τίς μείζων.cause — narrator's γάρ — the verbless indirect question τίς μείζων names the shame

καὶ καθίσαςparticipial — preposed participle — the teacher's seated posture; leans on ἐφώνησεν

ἐφώνησεν τοὺς δώδεκαindependent — the formal summons — a pronouncement follows

καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς·independent — historic present — the speech-frame

Εἴ τις θέλει πρῶτος εἶναι,conditional — protasis inside quoted speech — leaning on ἔσται

ἔσται πάντων ἔσχατος καὶ πάντων διάκονος.content — the great reversal — doubled πάντων: last of all, servant of all

vv. 36–37 — the child in the midst

καὶ λαβὼν παιδίονparticipial — preposed participle — leans on ἔστησεν

ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν,independent — the object lesson placed where the rank-dispute stood

καὶ ἐναγκαλισάμενος αὐτὸparticipial — ἐναγκαλισάμενος — Mark's embrace-verb (10:16); leans on εἶπεν

εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·independent — the speech-frame

Ὃς ἂν ἓν τῶν τοιούτων παιδίων δέξηται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου,conditional — relative-conditional ὃς ἄν (typed cnd, = ἐάν τις) — leaning on δέχεται

ἐμὲ δέχεται·content — the identification — the least one carries Christ

καὶ ὃς ἂν ἐμὲ δέχηται,conditional — the chain's second link — relative-conditional again

οὐκ ἐμὲ δέχεται ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με.content — the chain ends in the Father — Semitic 'not… but' (= 'not only… but')

The strange exorcist — 'whoever is not against us is for us' 9:38–41

Ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰωάννης·independent — John's rare solo speech — the sectarian instinct

Διδάσκαλε, εἴδομέν τινα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐκβάλλοντα δαιμόνια,content — the outsider succeeds — in the name — where the nine had just failed

καὶ ἐκωλύομεν αὐτόν,content — conative imperfect — the attempted prohibition

ὅτι οὐκ ἠκολούθει ἡμῖν.cause — ἡμῖν, not σοι — the group, not the master, made the measure

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν·independent — the correction-frame

Μὴ κωλύετε αὐτόν,content — present prohibition — stop hindering

οὐδεὶς γάρ ἐστινcause — the grounds — existential ἐστιν

ὃς ποιήσει δύναμιν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μουrelative — the future in the relative — the general case stated

καὶ δυνήσεται ταχὺ κακολογῆσαί με·relative — coordinate relative — the deed in the name forms a bond against slander

ὃς γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν καθ’ ἡμῶν,conditional — relative-conditional (typed cnd) — leaning on ἐστιν below

ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐστιν.cause — the maxim — no neutrality toward the kingdom; a second γάρ under the prohibition

Ὃς γὰρ ἂν ποτίσῃ ὑμᾶς ποτήριον ὕδατος ἐν ὀνόματιconditional — relative-conditional (typed cnd) — the smallest kindness; a third γάρ, leaning on the ἀμήν-apodosis

ὅτι Χριστοῦ ἐστε,cause — the ground of the gift — predicate genitive of belonging; Χριστός absolute on Jesus' lips, rare in Mark

ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖνcontent — the ἀμήν-formula seals the promise

ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσῃ τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ.content — οὐ μή — the emphatic denial: the cup of water is not forgotten

The millstone, the fire, and the salt 9:42–50

v. 42 — the millstone

Καὶ ὃς ἂν σκανδαλίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων τῶν πιστευόντων εἰς ἐμέ,conditional — relative-conditional (typed cnd) — leaning on καλόν ἐστιν; σκανδαλίζω, the section's keyword, enters

καλόν ἐστιν αὐτῷ μᾶλλονindependent — καλόν… μᾶλλον — the grim comparative understatement

εἰ περίκειται μύλος ὀνικὸς περὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦconditional — backward εἰ-clause (anchored) — the μύλος ὀνικός, the great stone a donkey turns

καὶ βέβληται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν.conditional — coordinate protasis — perfect βέβληται: already lying on the sea floor

vv. 43–48 — hand, foot, eye: the amputation sayings and Gehenna

Καὶ ἐὰν σκανδαλίζῃ σε ἡ χείρ σου,conditional — the first protasis of the triad — leaning on ἀπόκοψον

ἀπόκοψον αὐτήν·independent — the drastic imperative — hyperbole in deadly earnest

καλόν ἐστίν σε κυλλὸν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴνindependent — the καλόν-comparison — life (= the kingdom, v. 47) worth any member

ἢ τὰς δύο χεῖρας ἔχοντα ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὴν γέενναν,comparative — ἤ-alternative (typed cmp) — whole, and lost; concessive ἔχοντα

εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἄσβεστον.phrase modifier — epexegetic apposition — Gehenna glossed as the ἄσβεστον fire (the traditional v. 44 that followed here is absent from the critical text)

καὶ ἐὰν ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζῃ σε,conditional — the second protasis — the refrain's exact parallel

ἀπόκοψον αὐτόν·independent — the same blunt apodosis

καλόν ἐστίν σε εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν χωλὸνindependent — χωλόν — lame into life

ἢ τοὺς δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὴν γέενναν.comparative — ἤ-alternative — βληθῆναι now passive: one is thrown (the traditional v. 46 is likewise absent from the critical text)

καὶ ἐὰν ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου σκανδαλίζῃ σε,conditional — the third and climactic protasis

ἔκβαλε αὐτόν·independent — ἔκβαλε — the exorcism-verb turned on one's own eye

καλόν σέ ἐστιν μονόφθαλμον εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦindependent — the goal named at last — the kingdom of God, equated with 'life'

ἢ δύο ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὴν γέενναν,comparative — ἤ-alternative — the triad complete: hand, foot, eye

ὅπου ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτᾷcontent — Isa 66:24 — the quotation that defines Gehenna, hung beneath it

καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται.content — Isa 66:24 continued — the unquenched fire answering τὸ ἄσβεστον of v. 43

vv. 49–50 — salted with fire; salt and peace

πᾶς γὰρ πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται.independent — the notorious crux — γάρ hinges fire to salt: purifying trial? sacrificial seasoning (Lev 2:13)? judgment? glossed, left open

καλὸν τὸ ἅλας·independent — verbless maxim — καλόν a third time, now of salt

ἐὰν δὲ τὸ ἅλας ἄναλον γένηται,conditional — protasis — ἄναλον, a NT hapax; leaning on ἀρτύσετε

ἐν τίνι αὐτὸ ἀρτύσετε;independent — the unanswerable question — savor lost is lost

ἔχετε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἅλα,independent — the saying turned imperative — keep the distinctive savor

καὶ εἰρηνεύετε ἐν ἀλλήλοις.independent — the chapter's close — peace answering the rank-dispute of vv. 33–34

Analysis. Mark 9 keeps the narrative grammar of chapter 1 — coordinate purple main clauses flush left, historic presents flagged as they land (παραλαμβάνει, ἀναφέρει, λέγει), preposed circumstantial participles and genitive absolutes leaning forward, anchorless, on the verb below (καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν, εἰσελθόντος αὐτοῦ, Κἀκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντες, καθίσας, λαβὼν παιδίον), and every word of speech hanging blue (cnt) beneath its verb of saying — but the chapter's weight shifts steadily from event to dialogue, and the layout shows it: the transfiguration itself takes six flat clauses, while the exchanges it triggers cascade. The heavenly voice hangs under φωνή exactly as at the baptism (Οὗτός ἐστιν answering the Σὺ εἶ of 1:11, now aimed at the disciples, with ἀκούετε αὐτοῦ from Deut 18:15). Inside quoted speech the protases lean forward one step above their apodoses: the father's ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τι δύνῃ over βοήθησον, answered by Jesus' Τὸ Εἰ δύνῃ — the earliest text's article holding the man's own words up for inspection (the later tradition smooths to τὸ εἰ δύνασαι πιστεῦσαι) — and answered again by the chapter's most famous line, Πιστεύω· βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ. The sayings-chains of vv. 35–50 ride the same shape: Εἴ τις θέλει, the ὃς-ἄν relative-conditionals (typed cnd, ἐάν-τις equivalents), and the triple ἐὰν σκανδαλίζῃ of hand, foot, and eye, each protasis over its blunt imperative and its καλόν-ἐστιν comparison, with Gehenna's apposition (εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἄσβεστον) and the Isa 66:24 worm-and-fire quotation hanging beneath. Cruxes carried honestly: v. 1's pledge that some standing here will not taste death until they see the kingdom come in power is left open — though Mark's own μετὰ ἡμέρας ἕξ (a rare precise interval, echoing Exod 24:16) suggests he offers the transfiguration as its down payment; vv. 44 and 46, the traditional repetitions of the worm-and-fire refrain, are absent from the earliest witnesses and from this text, so the numbering runs 43 → 45 → 47; at v. 29 the shorter ἐν προσευχῇ is printed (without the later καὶ νηστείᾳ); and v. 49's πᾶς γὰρ πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται — everyone salted with fire — stands flush left as the hinge between fire and salt, its sense (purifying trial? sacrificial seasoning, Lev 2:13? judgment?) glossed but left open.