Matthew 20:28 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

BSB

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ASV

even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

KJV

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 28) Just as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve. Note that we have frequently said that the one who serves is called the Son of Man. And to give his life as a ransom for many. When he assumed the form of a servant, in order to shed his blood for the world (Philippians 2). He did not say that he would give his life as a ransom for all, but for many, that is, for those who would be willing to believe.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A ransom for many - Λυτρον αντι πολλων, or a ransom instead of many, - one ransom, or atonement, instead of the many prescribed in the Jewish law. Mr. Wakefield contends for the above translation, and with considerable show of reason and probability. The word λυτρον is used by the Septuagint for the Hebrew פדיו, pidion, the ransom paid for a man’s life: see Exo 21:30; Num 3:49-51; and λυτρα is used Num 35:31, where a satisfaction (Hebrew כפר copher, an atonement) for the life of a murderer is refused.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

These verses are few in number, but they contain lessons of great importance to all professing Christians. Let us see what they are. In the first place we learn that there may be pride, jealousy and love of preeminence even among true disciples of Christ. What sayeth the Scripture? When the ten heard what James and John had asked, “they were moved with indignation against the two brothren.” Pride is one of the oldest and most mischievous of sins: by it the angels fell, for they “kept not their first estate.” ( Jude 6 ).

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὥσπερ	hōsper	even as	G5618 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
υἱὸς	huios	Son	G5207 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπου	anthrōpou	of Man	G444 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἦλθεν	ēlthen	came	G2064 →
διακονηθῆναι	diakonēthēnai	to be served	G1247 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
διακονῆσαι	diakonēsai	to serve	G1247 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δοῦναι	dounai	to give	G1325 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ψυχὴν	psuchēn	life	G5590 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
λύτρον	lutron	[as] a ransom	G3083 →
ἀντὶ	anti	for	G473 →
πολλῶν.¶	pollōn	many.	G4183 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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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
Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:14
  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Through
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
leads to
- Hebrews 9:28
  so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
- Hebrews 9:26
  Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by…
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Through
Hebrews 9:28
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
leads to
- Titus 2:13
  as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 2:24
  He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About Matthew