Mark 14:21
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
For the Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him: but woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had not been born.
KJV
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
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Commentary
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loading…Hebraic traditional view
The meal on the table
Mark dates the meal precisely: “when they sacrificed the Passover lamb.” Passover (Pesach) was then a Temple feast: the lamb slain in the courts that afternoon, eaten that night with unleavened bread (matzah) and wine, in a room inside Jerusalem, in company: exactly the arrangements the disciples are sent to make. The hymn sung on the way out (14:26) would by long custom have been from the Hallel, Psalms 113–118, the Passover psalms: which means “the stone the builders rejected” (Psalm 118:22) was likely on His lips that night.
Sources: Mishnah Pesachim 10 (the meal's order) · Psalm 118:22 (the Hallel's rejected stone)
Original language & word study
31 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὅτι | hoti | For | G3754 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| μὲν | men | indeed | G3303 → |
| υἱὸς | huios | the Son | G5207 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἀνθρώπου | anthrōpou | of Man | G444 → |
| ὑπάγει | hupagei | goes | G5217 → |
| καθὼς | kathōs | even as | G2531 → |
| γέγραπται | gegraptai | it has been written | G1125 → |
| περὶ | peri | concerning | G4012 → |
| αὐτοῦ, | autou | Him, | G846 → |
| οὐαὶ | ouai | woe | G3759 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| τῷ | tō | to the | G3588 → |
| ἀνθρώπῳ | anthrōpō | man | G444 → |
| ἐκείνῳ | ekeinō | that [one] | G1565 → |
| δι᾽ | di᾽ | through | G1223 → |
| οὗ | hou | whom | G3739 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| υἱὸς | huios | Son | G5207 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἀνθρώπου | anthrōpou | of Man | G444 → |
| παραδίδοται· | paradidotai | is betrayed; | G3860 → |
| καλὸν | kalon | better | G2570 → |
| αὐτῷ | autō | for him | G846 → |
| εἰ | ei | if | G1487 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| ἐγεννήθη | egennēthē | was born | G1080 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos | man | G444 → |
| ἐκεῖνος. | ekeinos | that. | G1565 → |
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