Mark 8:35

Mark 8:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
• New Living Translation (NLT)If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.

Context of Mark 8:35

33But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” 34When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Mark 8:35 word by word

ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· ὃς δ᾽ ἂν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, σώσει αὐτήν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• whosoeverὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• whosoeverἄνan · 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
• my sakeἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the gospel’sεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
• the sameοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778

Cross-references for Mark 8:35

• Esther 4:11“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, who has not been called, he has but one law: put all to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, that he may live. Yet I myself have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days.”
• Jeremiah 26:20Now there was also a man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath Jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
• Matthew 10:39He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
• Matthew 16:25For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
• Luke 9:24For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
• Luke 17:33Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
• John 12:25He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
• Acts 20:24But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
• Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
• 2 Timothy 2:11This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him.
• 2 Timothy 4:6For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
• Hebrews 11:35Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
• Revelation 2:10Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• Revelation 7:14And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Revelation 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
• Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Commentaries on Mark 8:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35For whosoever will save his life - On this and the following verses, see Matthew 16:24, etc.Read the comment
• 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. 35If a person tries to save his life by rejecting Jesus, that person will lose it in the next world. But if you give your life to Jesus and the spread of the gospel, you will save it forever.Read the comment

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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