Mark 9:43 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:43

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

KJV

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

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Commentary

1 voice

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) That is, He calls by the name of hand, our intimate friend, of whose aid we daily stand in need; but if such an one should wish to do us a hurt in what concerns our soul, he is to be driven away from our society, lest by choosing a portion in this life with one who is lost, we should perish together with him in that which is to come. Where fore there follows, It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to enter into hell.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The case supposed, that our own hand, or eye, or foot, offend us; that the impure corruption we indulge is as dear to us as an eye or a hand, or that that which is to us as an eye or a hand, is become an invisible temptation to sin, or occasion of it. Suppose the beloved is become a sin, or the sin a beloved.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thy hand - foot - eye - cause thee to offend; - See the notes on Mat 5:29-30 (note). 9:43The fire that never shall be quenched - That is, the inextinguishable fire. This clause is wanting in L, three others, the Syriac, and later Persic. Some eminent critics suppose it to be a spurious reading; but the authorities which are for it, are by no means counterbalanced by those which are against it. The same clause in Mar 9:45, is omitted in BCL, seven others, Syriac, later Persic, Coptic, and one Itala. Eternal fire is the expression of Matthew.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1857)

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
σκανδαλίζῃ	skandalizē	shall cause to stumble	G4624 →
σε	se	you	G4771 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
χείρ	cheir	hand	G5495 →
σου,	sou	of you,	G4771 →
ἀπόκοψον	apokopson	do cut off	G609 →
αὐτήν·	autēn	it;	G846 →
καλόν	kalon	better	G2570 →
ἐστίν	estin	it is	G1510 →
σε	se	for you	G4771 →
κυλλὸν	kullon	crippled	G2948 →
εἰσελθεῖν	eiselthein	to enter	G1525 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
ἢ	ē	than	G2228 →
τὰς	tas	<the>	G3588 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
χεῖρας	cheiras	hands	G5495 →
ἔχοντα	echonta	having	G2192 →
ἀπελθεῖν	apelthein	to go away	G565 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
γέενναν	geennan	hell	G1067 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πῦρ	pur	fire	G4442 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἄσβεστον.	asbeston	unquenchable.	G762 →

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
Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:7
  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24–27
  Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
- Philippians 2:16
  as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
- Luke 21:34
  But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Hebrews 10:35–39
  So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
Through
Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who…
leads to
- 1 John 3:14–15
  We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
- 1 John 4:20–21
  If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- 1 John 2:9
  If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.