Mark 10:45

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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

Transliteration

And gar the Huios of the anthrōpou not ēlthen to be diakonēthēnai, alla to diakonēsai, and to dounai the psychēn of him lytron anti many.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: conjunction - for/because/indeed
• *Huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of man/human
• *ēlthen*: aorist indicative, 3rd singular - came/has come
• *diakonēthēnai*: aorist infinitive, passive - to be served
• *alla*: strong adversative conjunction - but rather
• *diakonēsai*: aorist infinitive, active - to serve
• *dounai*: aorist infinitive, active - to give
• *psychēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - soul/life
• *lytron*: accusative, neuter, singular - ransom/redemption price
• *anti*: preposition + genitive - instead of/in place of

Word Meanings

• *gar*: for/because/indeed (explanatory)
• *Huios tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man (Messianic title)
• *ēlthen*: came/has come
• *diakonēthēnai*: to be served/ministered to
• *diakonēsai*: to serve/minister to
• *dounai*: to give/grant/bestow
• *psychēn*: soul/life/self
• *lytron*: ransom/redemption price/payment for release
• *anti*: instead of/in place of/as a substitute for

Referenced Verses

• Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Phil 2:5-8 : 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
• John 13:14 : 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Heb 5:8 : 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
• Luke 22:26-27 : 26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
• John 10:15 : 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
• Isa 53:10-12 : 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
• 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
• Dan 9:26 : 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
• 1 Tim 3:4-6 : 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.