Luke 9:24

Luke 9:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
• New International Version (NIV)For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

Context of Luke 9:24

22saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” 23Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself? 26For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

Luke 9:24 word by word

ὃς γὰρ ἂν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ, οὗτος σώσει αὐτήν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• whosoeverὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• willθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• saveσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• lifeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• lifeψυχήpsuchē · soul: lifeG5590
• shall loseἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• butδέde · thenG1161
• forἕνεκαheneka heneken heineken · because ofG1752
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• the sameοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778

Cross-references for Luke 9:24

• Luke 17:33Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
• Acts 20:23except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
• Hebrews 11:35and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.
• Revelation 2:10Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
• Revelation 12:11But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.

Commentaries on Luke 9:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Will save his life - See on Matthew 16:24; (note), etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-26Verses 18-26 See the Matthew 16:13-27 notes; Mark 8:27-38 notes. Luke 9:20 The Christ of God - The “Anointed” of God. The “Messiah” appointed by God, and who had been long promised by him. See the notes at Matthew 1:1.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 It is an unspeakable comfort that our Lord Jesus is God's Anointed; this signifies that he was both appointed to be the Messiah, and qualified for it. Jesus discourses concerning his own sufferings and death. And so far must his disciples be from thinking how to prevent his sufferings, that they must prepare for their own. We often meet with crosses in the way of duty; and though we must not pull them upon our own heads, yet, when they are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24whoever wants to save his life: Trying to keep control of your own life instead of trusting God suggests that putting yourself in God’s place denies that Jesus is king. The result is that a person will lose true life, especially at the final judgment (9:26; John 12:25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. will save--"Is minded to save," bent on saving. The pith of this maxim depends--as often in such weighty sayings (for example, "Let the dead bury the dead," Mt 8:22)--on the double sense attached to the word "life," a lower and a higher, the natural and the spiritual, temporal and eternal. An entire sacrifice of the lower, or a willingness to make it, is indispensable to the preservation of the higher life; and he who cannot bring himself to surrender…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 9:24

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Martyrdom
• Self-Denial
• Stoicism
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Advantage
• Belong
• Bless
• Close
• Cry
• Cure
• Decease
• Fashion
• Fit
• Generation

Commentaries on Luke 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings