Mark 14:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money. So he began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες, ἐχάρησαν, καὶ ἐπηγγείλαντο αὐτῷ ἀργύριον δοῦναι. Καὶ ἐζήτει πῶς εὐκαίρως αὐτὸν παραδῷ.

Transliteration

They de akousantes, echarēsan, and epēngeilanto him argyrion dounai. And ezētei pōs eukairōs him paradō.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *akousantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having heard
• *echarēsan*: aorist passive, 3rd person plural - they rejoiced/were glad
• *epēngeilanto*: aorist middle, 3rd person plural - they promised
• *argyrion*: accusative, neuter, singular - silver/money
• *dounai*: aorist active infinitive - to give
• *ezētei*: imperfect, 3rd person singular - he was seeking [continuous action]
• *pōs*: interrogative adverb - how
• *eukairōs*: adverb - conveniently/at a good time
• *paradō*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - he might betray/deliver

Word Meanings

• *akousantes*: having heard/having listened to
• *echarēsan*: they rejoiced/were glad/were delighted
• *epēngeilanto*: they promised/they pledged
• *argyrion*: silver/money/silver coins
• *dounai*: to give/to grant
• *eukairōs*: conveniently/at a good time/opportunely
• *paradō*: he might betray/deliver/hand over

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him [unto them].

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  When they herde that they were gladde and promised yt they wolde geve him money. And he sought howe he myght conveniently betraye him.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan they herde yt, they were glad, & promysed that they wolde geue him money. And he sought, how he might coueniently betraye him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised that they woulde giue him monie: therefore he sought howe he might conueniently betraie him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When they hearde that, they were glad, and promised that they woulde geue hym money. And he sought howe he myght conueniently betray hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when they heard [it], they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver him up.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him `unto them'.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him [unto them] .

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 Ahab said to Elijah, 'So, have you found me, my enemy?' 'I have found you,' he answered, 'because you have devoted yourself to doing evil in the eyes of the LORD.'
• 2 Kgs 5:26 : 26 But Elisha said to him, 'Was my spirit not with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, male servants, and female servants?'
• Prov 1:10-16 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. 11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;' 12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit; 13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Cast your lot among us; we will all have one purse. 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths, 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.
• Prov 28:21-22 : 21 To show partiality is not good, yet for a piece of bread, a man will transgress. 22 A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.
• Hos 7:3 : 3 They please the king with their evil and the princes with their lies.
• Matt 26:15 : 15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him over to you?" So they counted out thirty pieces of silver for him.
• Luke 22:5-6 : 5 They were glad and agreed to give him money. 6 So Judas consented and began looking for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.
• 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
• 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children. 15 They have abandoned the straight way and gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.
• Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, rushed headlong for profit into Balaam’s error, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.