Matthew 20:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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

Transliteration

Just as hōsper the Huios of the anthrōpou not ēlthen to be diakonēthēnai, but to diakonēsai, and to dounai the psychēn of him a lytron for anti many.

Grammar Details

• *hōsper*: conjunction - just as
• *Huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of man
• *ēlthen*: aorist, 3rd singular - came
• *diakonēthēnai*: aorist infinitive, passive - to be served
• *diakonēsai*: aorist infinitive - to serve
• *dounai*: aorist infinitive - to give
• *psychēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life/soul
• *lytron*: accusative, neuter, singular - ransom
• *anti*: preposition - instead of/for
• *pollōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - many

Word Meanings

• *Huios tou anthrōpou*: Son of Man (Messianic title)
• *psychēn*: life/soul
• *lytron*: ransom/redemption price
• *anti*: instead of/in place of/for

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  eve as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Referenced Verses

• Luke 22:27 : 27 For which is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? But I am among you as he who serves.
• Heb 9:28 : 28 So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and to those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
• 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
• Phil 2:4-8 : 4 Do not look out only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
• 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 Who gave Himself as a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
• John 13:4-9 : 4 He rose from supper, laid aside his garments, took a towel, and girded himself. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. 6 Then he came to Simon Peter, and Peter said to him, Lord, are you washing my feet? 7 Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you do not know now, but you shall know afterward. 8 Peter said to him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I do not wash you, you have no part with me. 9 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. 10 Jesus said to him, He who is washed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all. 11 For he knew who would betray him; therefore he said, You are not all clean. 12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and sat down again, he said to them, Do you know what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.
• John 10:15 : 15 As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
• Isa 53:8 : 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off from the land of the living: for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
• Matt 26:28 : 28 For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
• Rom 4:25 : 25 Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit;
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
• Heb 5:8 : 8 Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience through the things which He suffered;
• Rev 5:8-9 : 8 And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• Rom 5:15-19 : 15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the offense of one many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. 18 Therefore, as through one offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one many will be made righteous.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
• Mark 14:24 : 24 And he said to them, This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.
• Job 33:24 : 24 Then He is gracious to him and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.
• Ps 49:7 : 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
• Isa 53:5 : 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement for our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
• Isa 53:10-11 : 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
• Dan 9:24-26 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your 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. 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times. 26 And after sixty-two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; its end shall be with a flood, and until the end of the war desolations are determined.
• Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.
• John 11:50-52 : 50 Nor do you consider that it is better for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish. 51 Now this he did not say on his own authority: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but also that he would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
• Rom 3:24-26 : 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
• Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.'
• Eph 1:7 : 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.