Matthew 20:26

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

It shall not be so amoge you. But whosoever wyll be greate amoge you let him be youre minister:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐχ οὕτως δὲ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν: ἀλλʼ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι, ἔστω ὑμῶν διάκονος·

Transliteration

Not houtōs de it shall estai among you: but whoever ean thelē among you megas to genesthai, let him be estō of you diakonos;

Grammar Details

• *houtōs*: adverb - thus/in this way
• *de*: conjunction - but/and
• *estai*: future, 3rd singular - will be
• *hos ean*: relative + conditional - whoever
• *thelē*: present subjunctive, 3rd singular - may wish/want
• *megas*: nominative, masculine, singular - great
• *genesthai*: aorist infinitive, middle - to become
• *estō*: present imperative, 3rd singular - let him be
• *diakonos*: nominative, masculine, singular - servant

Word Meanings

• *megas*: great/important
• *diakonos*: servant/minister/deacon

Referenced Verses

• Mark 9:35 : 35 And he sate doune and called the twelve vnto him and sayd to them: yf eny man desyre to be fyrst the same shalbe last of all and servaunt vnto all.
• Mark 10:43 : 43 So shall it not be amonge you but whosoever of you wilbe greate amoge you shalbe youre minister.
• Mark 10:45 : 45 For eve the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto: but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.
• 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 not as though ye were LORdes over the parisshes: but that ye be a insample to the flocke.
• 3 John 1:9-9 : 9 I wrote vnto the congregacio: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence amoge them receaveth vs not. 10 Wherfore yf I come I will declare his dedes which he doeth iestinge on vs with malicious wordes nether is therewith content. Not only he him silfe receaveth not the brethre: but also he forbiddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion.
• Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But ye shall not suffre youre selves to be called Rabi. For one is youre master that is to wyt Christ and all ye are brethre. 9 And call no man youre father vpon the erth for there is but one youre father and he is in heven. 10 Be not called masters for there is but one youre master and he is Christ. 11 He that is greatest amoge you shalbe youre seruaunte. 12 But whosoever exalteth himsilfe shalbe brought lowe. And he yt hubleth himsilfe shalbe exalted.
• Matt 25:44 : 44 Then shall they also answere him sayinge: master when sawe we the an hungred or a thurst or herbourlesse or naked or sicke or in preson and did not ministre vnto the?
• 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 Yf eny man speake let him talke as though he spake ye wordes of God. If eny man minister let him do it as of ye abilitie which god ministreth vnto him. That god in all thinges maye be glorified thorow Iesus Christ to whom be prayse and dominion for ever and whyll the worlde stondeth. Amen.
• Rev 17:6 : 6 And I sawe the wyfe dronke with the bloud of saynctes and with the bloud of the witnesses of Iesu. And when I sawe her I wondred with grett mervayle.
• Luke 14:7-9 : 7 He put forthe a similitude to ye gestes whe he marked how they preased to the hyest roumes and sayd vnto the: 8 When thou arte bidde to a weddynge of eny man syt not doune in ye hyest roume lest a more honorable man then thou be bidden of him 9 and he that bade bothe him and the come and saye to the: geve this man roume and thou then beginne with shame to take the lowest roume. 10 But rather when thou arte bidden goo and syt in the lowest roume that when he that bade the cometh he maye saye vnto the: frende syt vp hyer. Then shalt thou have worshippe in the presence of them that syt at meate with the. 11 For whosoever exalteth him sylfe shalbe brought lowe. And he yt hubleth him sylfe shalbe exalted
• Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you: this ma departed hoe to his housse iustified moore then the other. For every man that exalteth him selfe shalbe brought low: And he yt hubleth him selfe shalbe exalted
• Acts 13:5 : 5 And when they were come to Salamine they shewed ye worde of God in ye synagoges of ye Iewes. And they had Iohn to their minister.
• 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we be LORdes over youre fayth: but helpers of youre ioye. For by fayth ye stode.
• 2 Cor 10:4-9 : 4 For the weapes of oure warre are not carnall thinges but thynges myghty in god to cast doune stronge holdes 5 wherwith we overthrowe ymaginacyons and every hye thynge that exalteh it silfe agaynst the knowledge of god and brynge into captivite all vnderstondynge to the obedience of Christ 6 and are redy to take vengeaunce on all disobedience when youre obedience is fulfilled. 7 Loke ye on thynges after ye vtter apparence? Yf eny man trust in him silfe yt he is Christis let the same also considre of him silfe yt as he is Christis even so are we Christes. 8 And though I shuld bost my silfe somewhat moare of oure auctorite which the LORde hath geven vs to edifie and not to destroye you it shulde not be to my shame. 9 This saye I lest I shuld seme as though I went about to make you a frayde with letters. 10 For ye pistles (sayth he) are sore and stronge: but his bodyly presence is weake and his speache rude.
• 2 Tim 1:18 : 18 The LORde graunt vnto him that he maye fynde mercie with the LORde at that daye. And in how many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very wel.
• Phlm 1:13 : 13 whom I wolde fayne have retayned with me that in thy stede he myght have ministred vnto me in ye bondes of the gospell.
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all mynistrynge spretes sent to minister for their sakes which shalbe heyres of salvacion?
• John 18:36 : 36 Iesus answered: my kyngdome is not of this worlde. Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde then wolde my ministres suerly fight yt I shuld not be delyvered to ye Iewes but now is my kyngdome not fro hence.
• Matt 27:55 : 55 And many wemen were there beholdinge him a farre of which folowed Iesus fro Galile ministringe vnto him.
• Rev 13:11-17 : 11 And I behelde another best commynge vp oute of the erth and he had two hornes like a lambe and he spake as dyd the dragon. 12 And he dyd all that the fyrste beest coulde do in his presence and he caused the erth and them which dwell therin to worshippe the fyrst beest whose dedly woude was healed. 13 And he dyd grett wonders so that he made fyre come doune from heven in the syght of men. 14 And deceaved them that dwelt on the erth by the meanes of those signes which he had power to doo in the sight of the beest sayinge to the that dwelt on the erth: that they shuld make an ymage vnto the beest which had the woude of a swearde and dyd lyve. 15 And he had power to geve a sprete vnto the ymage of the beest and that the ymage of the beest shuld speake and shuld cause that as many as wolde not worshyppe the ymage of the beest shuld be kylled. 16 And he made all bothe smale and grett ryche and poore fre and bond to receave a marke in their right hondes or in their forheddes. 17 And that no ma myght by or sell save he that had the marke or the name of the beest other the nombre of his name.