Marcos 8:34

34 Entonces llamó a la multitud y a sus discípulos.—Si alguien quiere ser mi discípulo —les dijo—, que se niegue a sí mismo, lleve su cruz y me siga.

Marcos 8:34 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:34

And when he had called the people unto him
Who, it seems, followed him out of Galilee, from Bethsaida, and these parts; for it was in the way from thence to Caesarea Philippi, that Christ had this conversation with his disciples; who walked together alone, the multitude following at some distance; and the private conversation being ended, Christ called, or beckoned to the people, to come nearer to him:

with his disciples also;
for what he was about to say, concerned them both:

whosoever will come after me;
in a spiritual sense, as this multitude did in a natural one, and which is the same as to be a disciple of his:

let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;
signifying, that his followers must deny themselves of worldly advantages, and suffer many things, as well as he, which he had been but just before acquainting his disciples with; (See Gill on Matthew 16:24).

Marcos 8:34 In-Context

32 Habló de esto con toda claridad. Pedro lo llevó aparte y comenzó a reprenderlo.

33 Pero Jesús se dio la vuelta, miró a sus discípulos, y reprendió a Pedro.—¡Aléjate de mí, Satanás! —le dijo—. Tú no piensas en las cosas de Dios sino en las de los hombres.

34 Entonces llamó a la multitud y a sus discípulos.—Si alguien quiere ser mi discípulo —les dijo—, que se niegue a sí mismo, lleve su cruz y me siga.

35 Porque el que quiera salvar su vida, la perderá; pero el que pierda su vida por mi causa y por el evangelio, la salvará.

36 ¿De qué sirve ganar el mundo entero si se pierde la vida?