Matthew 16:24 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

KJV

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Letter 121, Chapter 3 (420)

Whose sense what is written in the Gospel of Matthew: If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself (Matth. 16. 24). What is self-denial? or how does one who follows the Savior deny himself? On this matter I have spoken briefly in the third book of his commentary on Matthew: He who lays down the old man with his works denies himself, saying: And yet I live, but not me, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2:20) and takes up his cross and is crucified to the world.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Should we not consider all crosses, all things grievous to flesh and blood, as what they really are, as opportunities of embracing God's will at the expense of our own? And consequently as so many steps by which we may advance toward perfection? We should make a swift progress in the spiritual life, if we were faithful in this practice.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Will come after me - i.e. to be my disciple. This discourse was intended to show Peter and the rest of the disciples the nature of his kingdom; and that the honor that cometh from the world was not to be expected by those who followed Christ. The principles of the Christian life are: First. To have a sincere desire to belong to Christ - If any man be Willing to be my disciple, etc. Secondly. To renounce self-dependence, and selfish pursuits - Let him deny Himself. Thirdly.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
μαθηταῖς	mathētais	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ·	autou	of Him;	G846 →
εἴ	ei	If	G1487 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
θέλει	thelei	desires	G2309 →
ὀπίσω	opisō	after	G3694 →
μου	mou	Me	G3165 →
ἐλθεῖν,	elthein	to come,	G2064 →
ἀπαρνησάσθω	aparnēsasthō	he should deny	G533 →
ἑαυτὸν	he'auton	himself	G1438 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀράτω	aratō	he should take up	G142 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
σταυρὸν	stauron	cross	G4716 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀκολουθείτω	akoloutheitō	he should follow	G190 →
μοι.	moi	Me.	G3165 →

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 14:27
And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
leads to
- Matthew 10:38
  and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
- Mark 10:21
  Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 9:23–25
  Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
- Matthew 16:24–26
  Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
Through
Matthew 10:38
and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
leads to
- Mark 8:34
  Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- Luke 14:27
  And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
- Luke 9:23–24
  Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
Through
Mark 10:21
Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then…
leads to
- Matthew 6:19–21
  Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.