Mark 8:37

Mark 8:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
• New International Version (NIV)Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
• English Standard Version (ESV)For what can a man give in return for his soul?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Context of Mark 8:37

35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it. 36For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life? What can a person give in exchange for his life? 38For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Mark 8:37 word by word

τί γὰρ δοῖ ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Orἤē · orG2228
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• shallδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• in exchange forἀντάλλαγμαantallagma · in exchangeG465
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• soulὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• soulψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590

Cross-references for Mark 8:37

• Psalms 49:7Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price
• 1 Peter 1:18You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,

Commentaries on Mark 8:37

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-38Verses 27-38 See this passage illustrated in the notes at Mark 8:32 He spake that saying openly - With boldness or confidence, or without parables or figures, so that there could be no possibility of misunderstanding him. Mark 8:38 Ashamed of me - Ashamed to own attachment to me on account of my lowly appearance and my poverty. And of my words - My doctrines, my instructions. This adulterous and sinful generation - This age given to wickedness…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 34-38Verses 34-38 Frequent notice is taken of the great flocking there was to Christ for help in various cases. All are concerned to know this, if they expect him to heal their souls. They must not indulge the ease of the body. As the happiness of heaven with Christ, is enough to make up for the loss of life itself for him, so the gain of all the world in sin, will not make up for the ruin of the soul by sin. And there is a day coming, when the cause of Christ…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-37The implied answer to the rhetorical question Jesus asks is that possessing the entire world has no value if you give up eternal life. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose” (Jim Elliot). You need your soul to enjoy the benefits of the world to come. When you forfeit your life or soul, there is nothing you can give to purchase it back.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 8:37

• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Adulterous
• Deeply
• Faint
• Sigh
• Mark, the Gospel According to

Commentaries on Mark 8

• 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