Mark 14:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες, ἐχάρησαν, καὶ ἐπηγγείλαντο αὐτῷ ἀργύριον δοῦναι. Καὶ ἐζήτει πῶς εὐκαίρως αὐτὸν παραδῷ.

Transliteration

They de akousantes, echarēsan, and epēngeilanto him argyrion dounai. And ezētei pōs eukairōs him paradō.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *akousantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having heard
• *echarēsan*: aorist passive, 3rd person plural - they rejoiced/were glad
• *epēngeilanto*: aorist middle, 3rd person plural - they promised
• *argyrion*: accusative, neuter, singular - silver/money
• *dounai*: aorist active infinitive - to give
• *ezētei*: imperfect, 3rd person singular - he was seeking [continuous action]
• *pōs*: interrogative adverb - how
• *eukairōs*: adverb - conveniently/at a good time
• *paradō*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - he might betray/deliver

Word Meanings

• *akousantes*: having heard/having listened to
• *echarēsan*: they rejoiced/were glad/were delighted
• *epēngeilanto*: they promised/they pledged
• *argyrion*: silver/money/silver coins
• *dounai*: to give/to grant
• *eukairōs*: conveniently/at a good time/opportunely
• *paradō*: he might betray/deliver/hand over

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 2 Kgs 5:26 : 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
• Prov 1:10-16 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
• Prov 28:21-22 : 21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
• Hos 7:3 : 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
• Matt 26:15 : 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
• Luke 22:5-6 : 5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. 6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
• 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
• Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.