Luke 9:24 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 9:24

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

KJV

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Now our Lord while He ever raises us to look to the future reward of virtue, and teaches us how good it is to despise worldly things, so also He supports the weakness of the human mind by a present recompense. For it is a hard thing to take up the cross, and expose your life to danger and your body to death; to give up what you are, when you wish to be what you are not; and even the loftiest virtue seldom exchanges things present for future.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

(ut sup.) He assigns the cause of this when He adds, For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; that is, whosoever will according to the present life keep his own soul fixed on things of sense, the same shall lose it, never reaching to the bounds of happiness. But on the other hand He adds, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall save it. That is, whosoever forsakes the things of sense looking upon truth, and exposes himself to death, as it were losing his life for Christ, shall the rather save it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

An entire sacrifice of the lower, or a willingness to make it, is indispensable to the preservation of the higher life; and he who cannot bring himself to surrender the one for the sake of the other shall eventually lose both.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὃς	hos	Who[ever]	G3739 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἂν	an	maybe	G302 →
θέλῃ	thelē	shall desire	G2309 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ψυχὴν	psuchēn	life	G5590 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
σῶσαι,	sōsai	to save,	G4982 →
ἀπολέσει	apolesei	will lose	G622 →
αὐτήν·	autēn	it;	G846 →
ὃς	hos	who[ever]	G3739 →
δ᾽	d᾽	however	G1161 →
ἂν	an	maybe	G302 →
ἀπολέσῃ	apolesē	may lose	G622 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ψυχὴν	psuchēn	life	G5590 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
ἕνεκεν	heneken	on account of	G1752 →
ἐμοῦ,	emou	me,	G1473 →
οὗτος	houtos	he	G3778 →
σώσει	sōsei	will save	G4982 →
αὐτήν.	autēn	it.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 12:25
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
leads to
- Matthew 10:39
  Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
leads to
- James 1:12
  Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Matthew 10:22
  You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Revelation 3:10–11
  Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the…
Through
Revelation 12:11
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 10:3–5
  For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
- John 16:33
  I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- 1 John 5:5
  Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
- Romans 16:20
  The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.