Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
And the gospel's sake (kai tou euaggeliou). In Mark alone. See on Matthew 16:25 f. for this paradox. Two senses of "life" and "save." For the last "save" (swsei) Matthew 16:25 has "find" (eurhsei). See on Matthew 16:26 for "gain," "profit," and "exchange."
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 8:35:
Matthew 10:39
Luke 9:23
John 12:25
Revelation 12:11
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