Mark 10:38

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε: δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω; καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι;

Transliteration

The de Iēsous eipen to them, Not you oidate what you aiteisthe: dynasthe piein the potērion which I pinō? and the baptisma which I baptizomai baptisthēnai?

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*eipen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - said
*oidate*: perfect active, 2nd plural - you know
*aiteisthe*: present middle, 2nd plural - you are asking
*dynasthe*: present middle/passive, 2nd plural - you are able
*piein*: aorist active infinitive - to drink
*potērion*: accusative, neuter, singular - cup
*pinō*: present active, 1st singular - I drink
*baptisma*: accusative, neuter, singular - baptism
*baptizomai*: present passive, 1st singular - I am baptized
*baptisthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be baptized

Word Meanings

*oidate*: you know/understand/perceive
*aiteisthe*: you are asking/requesting
*dynasthe*: you are able/can/have power to
*piein*: to drink/imbibe
*potērion*: cup/container for drinking/figurative for suffering
*pinō*: I drink/I am drinking
*baptisma*: baptism/immersion/figurative for suffering
*baptizomai*: I am baptized/immersed
*baptisthēnai*: to be baptized/immersed

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 12:50 : 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luke 22:42 : 42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
John 18:11 : 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
Isa 51:22 : 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
Mark 14:36 : 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
1 Kgs 2:22 : 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Ps 75:8 : 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red{H8804)}; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out{H8686)} of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out{H8799)}, and drink{H8799)} them.
Jer 25:15 : 15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
Jer 45:5 : 5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
Matt 20:21-22 : 21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Rom 8:26 : 26 {G1161} Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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