Matthew 20:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥσπερ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.

Transliteration

Just as hōsper the Huios of the anthrōpou not ēlthen to be diakonēthēnai, but to diakonēsai, and to dounai the psychēn of him a lytron for anti many.

Grammar Details

• *hōsper*: conjunction - just as
• *Huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of man
• *ēlthen*: aorist, 3rd singular - came
• *diakonēthēnai*: aorist infinitive, passive - to be served
• *diakonēsai*: aorist infinitive - to serve
• *dounai*: aorist infinitive - to give
• *psychēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life/soul
• *lytron*: accusative, neuter, singular - ransom
• *anti*: preposition - instead of/for
• *pollōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - many

Word Meanings

• *Huios tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man (Messianic title)
• *psychēn*: life/soul
• *lytron*: ransom/redemption price
• *anti*: instead of/in place of/for

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  even as{G5618} the Son{G5207} of man{G444} came{G2064} not{G3756} to be ministered unto,{G1247} but{G235} to minister,{G1247} and{G2532} to give{G1325} his{G846} life{G5590} a ransom{G3083} for{G473} many.{G4183}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Even as{G5618} the Son{G5207} of man{G444} came{G2064}{(G5627)} not{G3756} to be ministered unto{G1247}{(G5683)}, but{G235} to minister{G1247}{(G5658)}, and{G2532} to give{G1325}{(G5629)} his{G846} life{G5590} a ransom{G3083} for{G473} many{G4183}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  eve as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Referenced Verses

• Luke 22:27 : 27 For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
• Heb 9:28 : 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for Him.
• 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life, inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
• Phil 2:4-8 : 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have the same mindset in yourselves that was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of humanity. And being found in appearance as a man, 8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.
• 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
• John 13:4-9 : 4 got up from the meal, laid aside His outer clothing, and took a towel, tying it around Himself. 5 Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel He had tied around Himself. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, 'Lord, are You going to wash my feet?' 7 Jesus answered him, 'What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.' 8 Peter said to Him, 'You will never wash my feet!' Jesus answered, 'If I do not wash you, you have no share with Me.' 9 Simon Peter said to Him, 'Lord, not only my feet but also my hands and my head!' 10 Jesus said to him, 'Whoever has bathed needs only to wash their feet, but is otherwise completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.' 11 For He knew who was going to betray Him, and that is why He said, 'Not all of you are clean.' 12 When He had washed their feet, put on His outer clothing, and reclined again, He said to them, 'Do you understand what I have done for you?' 13 'You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, because I am.' 14 If I, then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, so that you also should do just as I have done for you. 16 Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that through His poverty you might become rich.
• John 10:15 : 15 Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, I lay down my life for the sheep.
• Isa 53:8 : 8 By oppression and judgment, he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people, he was punished.
• Matt 26:28 : 28 This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
• Rom 4:25 : 25 He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood,
• Heb 5:8 : 8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.
• Rev 5:8-9 : 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them was holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God people from every tribe, language, people, and nation."
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
• Rom 5:15-19 : 15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died because of the trespass of one man, how much more has the grace of God and the gift that comes by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflowed to many. 16 And the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin. For judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the free gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. 18 So then, just as through one trespass condemnation came to all people, so also through one act of righteousness justification that brings life came to all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man the many will be made righteous.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it was fitting for Him—for whom and through whom everything exists—to bring many sons to glory by making the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
• Mark 14:24 : 24 He said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
• Job 33:24 : 24 and He is gracious to them, saying, 'Deliver them from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom,'
• Ps 49:7 : 7 Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the abundance of their riches—
• Isa 53:5 : 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds, we are healed.
• Isa 53:10-11 : 10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. When you make his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After his suffering, he will see the result and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.
• Dan 9:24-26 : 24 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. 25 Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the Prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a moat, but in difficult times. 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war.
• Matt 8:20 : 20 Jesus replied, 'Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.'
• John 11:50-52 : 50 'You do not realize that it is better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.' 51 He did not say this on his own; but as high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation. 52 And not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
• Rom 3:24-26 : 24 And all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins previously committed. 26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
• Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.'
• Eph 1:7 : 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.