Mark 9:43

American Standard Version (1901)

And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐὰν σκανδαλίζῃ σε ἡ χείρ σου, ἀπόκοψον αὐτήν: καλόν σοι ἐστὶν κυλλὸν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ τὰς δύο χεῖρας ἔχοντα ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὴν γέενναν, εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἄσβεστον:

Transliteration

And if skandalizē you the cheir of-you, apokopton it: kalon for-you estin kyllon into the zōēn to-eiselthein, than the two cheiras echonta to-apelthein into the geennan, into the pyr the asbeston:

Grammar Details

• *skandalizē*: present subjunctive, active, 3rd singular - causes to stumble/fall/sin
• *cheir*: nominative, feminine, singular - hand
• *apokopton*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd singular - cut off
• *kalon*: nominative, neuter, singular - good/better
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *kyllon*: accusative, masculine, singular - maimed/crippled
• *zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *eiselthein*: aorist infinitive, active - to enter
• *cheiras*: accusative, feminine, plural - hands
• *echonta*: present participle, accusative, masculine, singular - having
• *apelthein*: aorist infinitive, active - to go away/depart
• *geennan*: accusative, feminine, singular - Gehenna/hell
• *pyr*: accusative, neuter, singular - fire
• *asbeston*: accusative, neuter, singular - unquenchable

Word Meanings

• *skandalizē*: causes to stumble/makes to sin/offends/leads astray
• *apokopton*: cut off/amputate
• *kalon*: good/better/beneficial
• *kyllon*: maimed/crippled/with one hand
• *zōēn*: life/existence
• *geennan*: Gehenna/hell/place of punishment
• *asbeston*: unquenchable/inextinguishable/never going out

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:29-30 : 29 And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. [ 30 And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
• Matt 3:12 : 12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
• Matt 5:22 : 22 but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
• Matt 18:8-9 : 8 And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. 9 And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. [
• Deut 13:6-8 : 6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
• Matt 15:30-31 : 30 And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at this feet; and he healed them: 31 insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.
• Mark 9:45-48 : 45 And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into hell. 46 (Ommitted) 47 And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell; 48 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
• Luke 14:13 : 13 But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
• Luke 14:21 : 21 And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.
• Rom 8:13 : 13 for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
• 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
• Gal 5:24 : 24 And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
• Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
• Titus 2:12 : 12 instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;
• Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
• 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,