Marcos 8:34

34 Então ele chamou a multidão e os discípulos e disse: “Se alguém quiser acompanhar-me, negue-se a si mesmo, tome a sua cruz e siga-me.

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 Ele falou claramente a esse respeito. Então Pedro, chamando-o à parte, começou a repreendê-lo.

33 Jesus, porém, voltou-se, olhou para os seus discípulos e repreendeu Pedro, dizendo: “Para trás de mim, Satanás! Você não pensa nas coisas de Deus, mas nas dos homens”.

34 Então ele chamou a multidão e os discípulos e disse: “Se alguém quiser acompanhar-me, negue-se a si mesmo, tome a sua cruz e siga-me.

35 Pois quem quiser salvar a sua vida a perderá; mas quem perder a sua vida por minha causa e pelo evangelho a salvará.

36 Pois, que adianta ao homem ganhar o mundo inteiro e perder a sua alma?