KJV: And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
YLT: And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, 'Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;
Darby: And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.
ASV: And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
| προσκαλεσάμενος | having called to [Him] |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Middle, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: προσκαλέω Sense: to call to. |
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| ὄχλον | crowd |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ὄχλος Sense: a crowd. |
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| μαθηταῖς | disciples |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Plural Root: μαθητής Sense: a learner, pupil, disciple. |
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| αὐτοῦ | of Him |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| εἶπεν | He said |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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| αὐτοῖς | to them |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| τις | anyone |
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Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: τὶς Sense: a certain, a certain one. |
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| θέλει | desires |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: θέλω Sense: to will, have in mind, intend. |
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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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| ἐλθεῖν | to come |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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| ἀπαρνησάσθω | let him deny |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Middle, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀπαρνέομαι Sense: to deny. |
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| ἑαυτὸν | himself |
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Parse: Reflexive Pronoun, Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: ἑαυτοῦ Sense: himself, herself, itself, themselves. |
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| ἀράτω | let him take up |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: αἴρω Sense: to raise up, elevate, lift up. |
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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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| ἀκολουθείτω | let him follow |
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Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀκολουθέω Sense: to follow one who precedes, join him as his attendant, accompany him. |
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| μοι | Me |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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Greek Commentary for Mark 8:34
Mark alone notes the unexpected presence of a crowd up here near Caesarea Philippi in heathen territory. In the presence of this crowd Jesus explains his philosophy of life and death which is in direct contrast with that offered by Peter and evidently shared by the disciples and the people. So Jesus gives this profound view of life and death to them all. [source]
Say no to himself, a difficult thing to do. Note reflexive along with the middle voice. Ingressive first aorist imperative. See note on Matthew 16:24 about taking up the Cross. The shadow of Christ‘s Cross was already on him (Mark 8:31) and one faces everyone. [source]
Rev., would. See on Matthew 1:19. It is more than is wishful. [source]
The pronoun αὐτοῦ ,his, is in an emphatic position. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 8:34
Not the future tense of the verb come, but the present of the verb to will: wills to come. See on Matthew 1:19; and Mark 8:34. Rev., properly, would come. [source]
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]
This is like Luke (cf. Luke 9:43). Jesus wanted all (the multitude with his disciples, as Mark 8:34 has it) to understand the lesson of self-sacrifice. They could not yet understand the full meaning of Christ‘s words as applied to his approaching death of which he had been speaking. But certainly the shadow of the cross is already across the path of Jesus as he is here speaking. For details (soul, life, forfeit, gain, profit, lose, world) see notes on Matthew 16:24-26 and note on Mark 8:34-37. The word for lose (απολεσει apolesei from απολλυμι apollumi a very common verb) is used in the sense of destroy, kill, lose, as here. Note the mercantile terms in this passage (gain, lose, fine or forfeit, exchange). [source]
More precisely, “If I send any one” (third-class condition, ανεαν an = τινα ean and πεμπσω tina indefinite pronoun accusative case, object of πεμπω pempsō first aorist active subjunctive of ει τις pempō to send). This use of εαν τις ei tis or οστις ean tis (if any one) is very much like the indefinite relative ος αν hostis and εαν hos an (or ει τις τελει ean), but the idiom is different. In Mark 8:34. we have both ος εαν ei tis thelei and οτι αν hos ean while in John 14:13. we find εαν τι hoti an and ean ti (Robertson, Grammar, p. 956). [source]