KJV: And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
YLT: and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
Darby: and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
ASV: Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
| ὅστις | Whoever |
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Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὅστις Sense: whoever, whatever, who. |
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| βαστάζει | carries |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: βαστάζω Sense: to take up with the hands. |
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| σταυρὸν | cross |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: σταυρός Sense: an upright stake, esp. |
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| ἑαυτοῦ | of himself |
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Parse: Reflexive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: ἑαυτοῦ Sense: himself, herself, itself, themselves. |
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| ἔρχεται | comes |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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| ὀπίσω | after |
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Parse: Preposition Root: ὀπίσω Sense: back, behind, after, afterwards. |
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| μου | Me |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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| δύναται | is able |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: δύναμαι Sense: to be able, have power whether by virtue of one’s own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favourable circumstances, or by permission of law or custom. |
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| εἶναί | to be |
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Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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| μου | My |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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| μαθητής | disciple |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: μαθητής Sense: a learner, pupil, disciple. |
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Greek Commentary for Luke 14:27
This familiar figure we have had already (Luke 9:23; Mark 8:34; Matthew 10:38; Matthew 16:24). Each follower has a cross which he must bear as Jesus did his. ασταζω Bastazō is used of cross bearing in the N.T. only here (figuratively) and John 19:17 literally of Jesus. Crucifixion was common enough in Palestine since the days of Antiochus Epiphanes and Alexander Jannaeus. [source]
More correctly, his own. An important charge. All must bear the cross, but not all the same cross: each one his own. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 14:27
Again refers to John 8:59. It seems as though a different verb is purposely chosen here (compare ἦραν tookup, in John 8:59), since the interview took place in Solomon's porch, where stones would not be at hand. The verb here may mean to take up. So Ajax says:“Send some one as a messenger to bearThe evil news to Teucros, that he first May lift ( βαστάσῃ ) my corpse by this sharp sword transfixed.”Sophocles, “Ajax,” 827. Its more usual meaning in the New Testament, however, is to bear or carry. So of the cross (John 19:17; Luke 14:27). Here it might very properly be rendered brought, perhaps from the works which were then going on at the temple. See further on John 12:6. [source]
Cf. Luke 14:27 for this very picture in the words of Jesus. The dative case of the reflexive pronoun αυτωι hautōi “for himself” is in strict accord with Roman custom. “A criminal condemned to be crucified was required to carry his own cross” (Bernard). But apparently Jesus under the strain of the night before and the anguish of heart within him gave out so that Simon of Cyrene was impressed to carry it for Jesus (Mark 15:21.; Matthew 27:32.; Luke 23:26). See Mark 15:22.; Matthew 27:33.; Luke 23:33 for the meaning of “place of a skull” or Calvary and Golgotha in Hebrew (Aramaic). Luke has simply Κρανιον Kranion (Skull), a skull-looking place. [source]