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Mark 8:35 — King James Version← Study notes

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.


Mark 8:35Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 8:3524 words
GreekMeaning
ὃςhos
Whoeverrelative pronounG3739
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ἐὰνean
before, but, exceptparticleG1437
θέλῃthelē
shall desireverbG2309
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ψυχὴνpsychēn
lifenounG5590
αὐτοῦautou
itpronounG846
σῶσαιsōsai
to saveverbG4982
ἀπολέσειapolesei
will loseverbG622
αὐτήνautēn
of himpronounG846
ὃςhos
whoeverrelative pronounG3739
δ’d’
nowwordG1161
ἂνan
maybeparticleG302
ἀπολέσειapolesei
destroy / perishverbG622
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ψυχὴνpsychēn
lifenounG5590
αὐτοῦautou
itpronounG846
ἕνεκενheneken
on account ofprepositionG1752
ἐμοῦemou
MepronounG1473
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
εὐαγγελίουeuangeliou
gospelnounG2098
σώσειsōsei
he will saveverbG4982
αὐτήνautēn
he / she / it / samepronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Mark 8:35

After shewing to His disciples the mystery of His passion and resurrection, He exorts them, as well as the multitude, to follow the example of His passion.

Bede · 8th century

For a man who denies another, be it brother or father, does not sympathize with him, nor grieve at his fate, though he be wounded and die; thus we ought to despise our body, so that if it should be wounded or hurt in any way, we should not mind its suffering.

Theophylact · 11th century

Or else, as a skilful pilot, foreseeing a storm in a calm, wishes his sailors to be prepared; so also the Lord says, 'If any one will follow me, &c.'

Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century
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Lose Your Life to Find It
If you want to save your life, you will lose it, but if you lose your life for me and for the gospel, you will save it. Mark emphasizes that the loss is specifically for Jesus and the gospel—not gener...
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