Mark 8:39

2 translations of 134 that include the New Testament

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et dicebat illis: Amen dico vobis, quia sunt quidam de hic stantibus, qui non gustabunt mortem donec videant regnum Dei veniens in virtute.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And he said to them: Amen I say to you, that there are some of them that stand here, who shall not taste death, till they see the kingdom of God coming in power.

When was this written?

Traditions differ. Both positions are shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Broad agreement: 65 AD–75 AD Mark
Widely regarded as the earliest Gospel, written around the first Jewish–Roman war.

Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (65 AD–75 AD).

27 BC–100 AD Roman road and sea network matures Rome
Consolidated roads, harbours and suppressed piracy made long-distance travel unusually safe, a precondition for the rapid spread of early Christian communities.
66 AD–73 AD First Jewish–Roman war Levant
Revolt against Rome ending in the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in AD 70 — the decisive rupture in Second Temple Judaism.