Matthew 16:26

Matthew 16:26

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him

24 ^aThen Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and ^bfollow Me.

25 For ^awhoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

26 For what ^aprofit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or ^bwhat will a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For ^athe Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father ^bwith His angels, ^cand then He will reward each according to his works.

28 “Assuredly, I say to you, ^athere are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Gain (kerdhsh) and

profit (zhmiwqh). Both aorist subjunctives (one active, the other passive) and so punctiliar action, condition of third class, undetermined, but with prospect of determination. Just a supposed case. The verb for "forfeit" occurs in the sense of being fined or mulcted of money. So the papyri and inscriptions.

Exchange (antallagma). As an exchange, accusative in apposition with ti. The soul has no market price, though the devil thinks so. "A man must give, surrender, his life, and nothing less to God; no antallagma is possible" (McNeile). This word antallagma occurs twice in the Wisdom of Sirach: "There is no exchange for a faithful friend" (6:15); "There is no exchange for a well-instructed soul" (26:14).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 16:26:**

Matthew 6:25
Mark 8:32
Mark 8:35
Luke 9:23
Acts 27:21
1 Corinthians 3:15
2 Corinthians 7:9
James 4:13

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