DID YOU KNOW?

"The line 'where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched' in Mark 9:48 is nearly word for word a line from the Old Testament." Agree or disagree?

The answer

Agree. The last verse of Isaiah says, "their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched" (Isaiah 66:24). Mark's line, "where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched" (Mark 9:48), follows it almost word for word.

Why it’s interesting

Christians have traditionally read it as torment without end. Bart Ehrman reads it the other way: it is the worm and the fire that last, not the person.

Scholarly consensus

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