Mark 10:42 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 10:42

So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.

KJV

But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

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Commentary

1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark (1107)

But now Christ heals them, first calming them and drawing them near to Himself — which is what is meant by the word "summoning." Then He shows that seizing honor from others and striving for preeminence is a matter of paganism. For pagan rulers forcibly …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

Let us mark in this passage, the ignorance of our Lord's disciples . We find James and John petitioning for the first places in the kingdom of glory. We find them confidently declaring their ability to drink of their Master's cup and be baptized with their Master's baptism. In spite of all the plain warnings of our Lord, they clung obstinately to the belief that Christ's kingdom on earth was immediately going to appear. Notwithstanding their many shortcomings in Christ's service, they had no misgivings as to their power to endure any thing which might come upon them.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule--are recognized or acknowledged as rulers. over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them: and their great ones exercise authority upon them--as superiors exercising an acknowledged authority over inferiors.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
προσκαλεσάμενος	proskalesamenos	having called near	G4341 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
λέγει	legei	says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
οἴδατε	oidate	You know
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
δοκοῦντες	dokountes	being accounted	G1380 →
ἄρχειν	archein	to rule over	G757 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἐθνῶν	ethnōn	Gentiles	G1484 →
κατακυριεύουσιν	katakurieuousin	exercise lordship over	G2634 →
αὐτῶν,	autōn	them,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
μεγάλοι	megaloi	great ones	G3173 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
κατεξουσιάζουσιν	katexousiazousin	exercise authority over	G2715 →
αὐτῶν.	autōn	them.	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
Matthew 20:25
But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
leads to
- Matthew 20:25–28
  But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 22:25–27
  So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.
- John 13:12–17
  When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?
Through
1 Peter 5:3
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
leads to
- Philippians 3:17
  Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
- Ezekiel 34:4
  You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:9
  Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
- Matthew 20:25–26
  But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
- 2 Corinthians 1:24
  Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.