Mark 9:43

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐὰν σκανδαλίζῃ σε ἡ χείρ σου, ἀπόκοψον αὐτήν: καλόν σοι ἐστὶν κυλλὸν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ τὰς δύο χεῖρας ἔχοντα ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὴν γέενναν, εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἄσβεστον:

Transliteration

And if skandalizē you the cheir of-you, apokopton it: kalon for-you estin kyllon into the zōēn to-eiselthein, than the two cheiras echonta to-apelthein into the geennan, into the pyr the asbeston:

Grammar Details

• *skandalizē*: present subjunctive, active, 3rd singular - causes to stumble/fall/sin
• *cheir*: nominative, feminine, singular - hand
• *apokopton*: aorist imperative, active, 2nd singular - cut off
• *kalon*: nominative, neuter, singular - good/better
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *kyllon*: accusative, masculine, singular - maimed/crippled
• *zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *eiselthein*: aorist infinitive, active - to enter
• *cheiras*: accusative, feminine, plural - hands
• *echonta*: present participle, accusative, masculine, singular - having
• *apelthein*: aorist infinitive, active - to go away/depart
• *geennan*: accusative, feminine, singular - Gehenna/hell
• *pyr*: accusative, neuter, singular - fire
• *asbeston*: accusative, neuter, singular - unquenchable

Word Meanings

• *skandalizē*: causes to stumble/makes to sin/offends/leads astray
• *apokopton*: cut off/amputate
• *kalon*: good/better/beneficial
• *kyllon*: maimed/crippled/with one hand
• *zōēn*: life/existence
• *geennan*: Gehenna/hell/place of punishment
• *asbeston*: unquenchable/inextinguishable/never going out

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:29-30 : 29 ‹And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.› 30 ‹And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.›
• Matt 25:41 : 41 ‹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:›
• Matt 3:12 : 12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• Matt 5:22 : 22 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.›
• Matt 18:8-9 : 8 ‹Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast› [them] ‹from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.› 9 ‹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.›
• Deut 13:6-8 : 6 ¶ If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 [Namely], of the gods of the people which [are] round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
• Matt 15:30-31 : 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them [those that were] lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
• Mark 9:45-48 : 45 ‹And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:› 46 ‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.› 47 ‹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:› 48 ‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.›
• Luke 14:13 : 13 ‹But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:›
• Luke 14:21 : 21 ‹So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.›
• Rom 8:13 : 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
• 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
• Gal 5:24 : 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
• Col 3:5 : 5 ¶ Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
• Titus 2:12 : 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
• Heb 12:1 : 1 ¶ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
• 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 ¶ Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,