Mark 10:43 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 10:43

But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister;

KJV

But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

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Commentary

1 voice

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) In which He teaches, that he is the greater, who is the less, and that he becomes the lord, who is servant of all: vain, therefore, was it both for the one party to seek for immoderate things, and the other to be annoyed at their desiring greater things, since we are to arrive at the height of virtue not by power but by humility.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But so shall it not be among you,.... Or "so let it not be", as in many copies; or as the Persic version renders it, "it ought not to be so among you"; such a lordly spirit does not become you; this is heathenish: but whosoever will be great among you shall be, as in Matthew "let him", Mat 20:26, be your minister.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐχ	ouch	Not	G3756 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
δέ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐστιν	estin	is it	G1510 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
ὑμῖν,	humin	you,	G4771 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	Instead	G235 →
ὃς	hos	who[ever]	G3739 →
ἂν	an	maybe	G302 →
θέλῃ	thelē	shall desire	G2309 →
μέγας	megas	great	G3173 →
γενέσθαι	genesthai	to become	G1096 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
ὑμῖν,	humin	you,	G4771 →
ἔσται	estai	will be	G1510 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	your	G4771 →
διάκονος·	diakonos	servant;	G1249 →

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
Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
leads to
- Luke 18:14
  I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Matthew 23:12
  For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Proverbs 29:23
  A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- James 4:6
  But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Psalms 138:6
  Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
Through
Mark 9:35
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”
leads to
- Luke 22:26
  But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
- Mark 10:42–45
  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.