Mark 8:30-38

Listen to Mark 8:30-38
30 1And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

31 2And he began to teach them that 3the Son of Man must 4suffer many things and 5be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and 6after three days rise again.
32 And he said this 7plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, 8“Get behind me, Satan! For you 9are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man. ”
34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him 10deny himself and 11take up his cross and follow me.
35 For 12whoever would save his life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake 13and the gospel’s will save it.
36 14For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
37 For 15what can a man give in return for his soul?
38 For 16whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this 17adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed 18when he comes in the glory of his Father with 19the holy angels. ”

Cross References 19

  • 1. 8:30 Matt. 16:20; Luke 9:21; See Matt. 12:16
  • 2. 8:31 For ch. 8:31–9:1, see Matt. 16:21-28; Luke 9:22-27
  • 3. 8:31 ch. 10:33; [Luke 13:33]
  • 4. 8:31 ch. 9:30, 31; Matt. 17:12, 22, 23; Luke 24:7
  • 5. 8:31 Luke 17:25; 1 Pet. 2:4; [ch. 12:10]
  • 6. 8:31 ch. 10:34; Matt. 27:63; [Matt. 12:40]; See John 2:19
  • 7. 8:32 John 16:25
  • 8. 8:33 [Matt. 4:10]
  • 9. 8:33 Rom. 8:5; Phil. 3:19; Col. 3:2; [Phil. 2:5]
  • 10. 8:34 [2 Tim. 2:12, 13]
  • 11. 8:34 See Matt. 10:38, 39
  • 12. 8:35 [See ver. 34 above]
  • 13. 8:35 ch. 10:29; [1 Cor. 9:23; 2 Tim. 1:8; Philem. 13]
  • 14. 8:36 [Luke 12:20]
  • 15. 8:37 [Ps. 49:7, 8]
  • 16. 8:38 Rom. 1:16; 2 Tim. 1:8, 12, 16; Heb. 11:16; 1 John 2:28; [Matt. 10:33]
  • 17. 8:38 Isa. 57:3; Matt. 12:39; James 4:4
  • 18. 8:38 Dan. 7:10, 13; Zech. 14:5; Matt. 24:30; 25:31; 26:64; Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 1:10; 4:16; Jude 14; Rev. 1:7; [Deut. 33:2]
  • 19. 8:38 Acts 10:22; Rev. 14:10; [Matt. 13:41; 16:27]

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 8:35 The same Greek word can mean either 'soul' or 'life', depending on the context; twice in this verse and once in verse 36 and once in verse 37
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