Mark 10:38

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε: δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω; καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι;

Transliteration

The de Iēsous eipen to them, Not you oidate what you aiteisthe: dynasthe piein the potērion which I pinō? and the baptisma which I baptizomai baptisthēnai?

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*eipen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - said
*oidate*: perfect active, 2nd plural - you know
*aiteisthe*: present middle, 2nd plural - you are asking
*dynasthe*: present middle/passive, 2nd plural - you are able
*piein*: aorist active infinitive - to drink
*potērion*: accusative, neuter, singular - cup
*pinō*: present active, 1st singular - I drink
*baptisma*: accusative, neuter, singular - baptism
*baptizomai*: present passive, 1st singular - I am baptized
*baptisthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be baptized

Word Meanings

*oidate*: you know/understand/perceive
*aiteisthe*: you are asking/requesting
*dynasthe*: you are able/can/have power to
*piein*: to drink/imbibe
*potērion*: cup/container for drinking/figurative for suffering
*pinō*: I drink/I am drinking
*baptisma*: baptism/immersion/figurative for suffering
*baptizomai*: I am baptized/immersed
*baptisthēnai*: to be baptized/immersed

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 12:50 : 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luke 22:42 : 42 saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
John 18:11 : 11 Jesus therefore said unto Peter, Put up the sword into the sheath: the cup which the Father hath given me, shall I not {G3361} drink it?
Isa 51:22 : 22 Thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; thou shalt no more drink it again:
Mark 14:36 : 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove this cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou wilt.
1 Kgs 2:22 : 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Ps 75:8 : 8 For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
Jer 25:15 : 15 For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
Jer 45:5 : 5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
Matt 20:21-22 : 21 And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.
Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Rom 8:26 : 26 And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for [us] with groanings which cannot be uttered;
Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures.

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