Mark 8:34

Geneva Bible (1560)

And hee called the people vnto him with his disciples, and saide vnto them, Whosoeuer will followe me, let him forsake himselfe, and take vp his crosse, and follow me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν ὄχλον σὺν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ὅστις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτόν, καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι.

Transliteration

And having proskalesamenos the ochlon with the mathētais of him, he eipen to them, Whoever thelei behind me to elthein, let him aparnēsasthō heauton, and let him aratō the stauron of him, and let him akoloutheitō me.

Grammar Details

• *proskalesamenos*: participle, aorist middle nominative singular - having called to himself
• *ochlon*: noun, masculine accusative singular - crowd/multitude
• *mathētais*: noun, masculine dative plural - with disciples
• *eipen*: verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he said
• *thelei*: verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he wishes/wants
• *elthein*: verb, aorist active infinitive - to come/follow
• *aparnēsasthō*: verb, aorist middle imperative, 3rd person singular - let him deny
• *heauton*: reflexive pronoun, masculine accusative singular - himself
• *aratō*: verb, aorist active imperative, 3rd person singular - let him take up
• *stauron*: noun, masculine accusative singular - cross
• *akoloutheitō*: verb, present active imperative, 3rd person singular - let him follow

Word Meanings

• *proskalesamenos*: having called to himself/summoned
• *ochlon*: crowd/multitude/throng
• *mathētais*: disciples/students/followers
• *eipen*: he said/spoke
• *thelei*: wishes/wants/desires
• *elthein*: to come/follow
• *aparnēsasthō*: let him deny/renounce/disown
• *heauton*: himself/his own self
• *aratō*: let him take up/pick up/lift
• *stauron*: cross/stake
• *akoloutheitō*: let him follow/accompany

Referenced Verses

• Matt 10:38 : 38 And hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.
• Luke 14:26-27 : 26 If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple. 27 And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, and commeth after mee, can not bee my disciple.
• John 10:27 : 27 My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they follow me,
• Num 14:24 : 24 But my seruant Caleb, because he had another spirite, and hath followed me stil, euen him will I bring into the lande, whither he went, and his seede shall inherite it.
• 1 Kgs 14:8 : 8 And haue rent the kingdome away from the house of Dauid, and haue giuen it thee, and thou hast not bene as my seruant Dauid, which kept my commaundements, and followed mee with all his heart, and did onely that which was right in mine eyes,
• 1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.
• Gal 5:24 : 24 For they that are Christes, haue crucified the flesh with the affections and the lustes.
• 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For I thinke that God hath set forth vs the last Apostles, as men appointed to death: for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde, and to the Angels, and to men. 10 We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised. 11 Vnto this houre we both hunger, & thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place, 12 And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it. 13 We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.
• Matt 16:24 : 24 Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.
• Mark 9:43-48 : 43 Wherefore, if thine hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed, then hauing two hands, to goe into hell, into the fire that neuer shalbe quenched, 44 Where their worme dyeth not, & the fire neuer goeth out. 45 Likewise, if thy foote cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to go halt into life, then hauing two feete, to be cast into hell, into the fire that neuer shalbe quenched, 46 Where their worme dyeth not, & the fire neuer goeth out. 47 And if thine eye cause thee to offende, plucke it out: it is better for thee to goe into the kingdome of God with one eye, then hauing two eyes, to be cast into hell fire, 48 Where their worme dyeth not, and the fire neuer goeth out.
• Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter in at the streight gate: for it is the wide gate, and broade way that leadeth to destruction: & many there be which goe in thereat, 14 Because the gate is streight, and the way narowe that leadeth vnto life, and fewe there be that finde it.
• Gal 2:20 : 20 I am crucified with Christ, but I liue, yet not I any more, but Christ liueth in me: and in that that I now liue in the flesh, I liue by the faith in the Sonne of God, who hath loued me, and giuen him selfe for me.
• Matt 5:29-30 : 29 Wherefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend, plucke it out, & cast it from thee: for better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Feare none of those things, which thou shalt suffer: beholde, it shall come to passe, that the deuill shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tryed, and ye shall haue tribulation tenne dayes: be thou faithfull vnto the death, and I will giue thee the crowne of life.
• 1 Pet 4:1 : 1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the flesh, arme your selues likewise with the same minde, which is, that he which hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sinne,
• 1 Pet 4:13 : 13 But reioyce, in asmuch as ye are partakers of Christs suffrings, that when his glory shall appeare, ye may be glad and reioyce.
• 2 Pet 1:14 : 14 Seeing I knowe that the time is at hand that I must lay downe this my tabernacle, euen as our Lord Iesus Christ hath shewed me.
• Mark 10:21 : 21 And Iesus looked vpon him, & loued him, and sayde vnto him, One thing is lacking vnto thee. Go and sell all that thou hast, and giue to the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, followe me, and take vp the crosse.
• Luke 9:23 : 23 And he sayd to them all, If any man will come after me, let him denie himselfe, & take vp his crosse dayly, and followe me.
• Luke 13:24 : 24 Striue to enter in at the straite gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, and shall not be able.
• Matt 27:32 : 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they compelled to beare his crosse.
• John 13:36-37 : 36 Simon Peter said vnto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Iesus answered him, Whither I goe, thou canst not follow me nowe: but thou shalt followe me afterward. 37 Peter sayd vnto him, Lord, why can I not followe thee now? I will lay downe my life for thy sake.
• John 19:17 : 17 And he bare his owne crosse, and came into a place named of dead mens Skulles, which is called in Hebrewe, """"Golgotha"""":
• John 21:19-20 : 19 And this spake he signifying by what death he shoulde glorifie God; when he had said this, he said to him, Folowe me. 20 Then Peter turned about, and sawe the disciple whom Iesvs loued, folowing, which had also leaned on his breast at supper, and had saide, Lorde, which is he that betrayeth thee?
• Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the disciples hearts, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through many afflictions enter into the kingdome of God.
• Rom 6:6 : 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sinne might be destroied, that henceforth we should not serue sinne.
• Rom 8:17 : 17 If we be children, we are also heires, euen the heires of God, and heires annexed with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
• Rom 15:1-3 : 1 We which are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, & not to please our selues. 2 Therefore let euery man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification. 3 For Christ also would not please himselfe, but as it is written, The rebukes of them which rebuke thee, fell on me.
• 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 Wherefore if meate offende my brother, I wil eate no flesh while the world standeth, that I may not offend my brother.
• 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winne the moe.
• 1 Cor 15:31 : 31 By your reioycing which I haue in Christ Iesus our Lord, I die dayly.
• Luke 14:33 : 33 So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
• Luke 18:22 : 22 Nowe when Iesus heard that, he saide vnto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that euer thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come followe mee.
• Luke 20:45 : 45 Then in the audience of all the people he sayd vnto his disciples,
• Gal 6:14 : 14 But God forbid that I should reioyce, but in ye crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ, whereby the world is crucified vnto me, & I vnto ye world.
• Phil 3:7 : 7 But the thinges that were vantage vnto me, the same I counted losse for Christes sake.
• Phil 3:10 : 10 That I may know him, and the vertue of his resurrection, & the fellowship of his afflictions, and be made conformable vnto his death,
• Col 1:24 : 24 Now reioyce I in my suffrings for you, and fulfill the rest of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church,
• Col 3:5 : 5 Mortifie therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, vncleannes, the inordinate affection, euill concupiscence, and couetousnes which is idolatrie.
• 2 Thess 3:11 : 11 For we heare, that there are some which walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are busie bodies.
• Titus 2:12 : 12 And teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlinesse and worldly lusts, and that we should liue soberly and righteously, and godly in this present world,
• Heb 13:13 : 13 Let vs goe foorth to him therefore out of the campe, bearing his reproch.
• Mark 7:14 : 14 Then he called the whole multitude vnto him, and sayd vnto them, Hearken you all vnto me, and vnderstand.