Mark 8:36 - Forerunner Commentary

Mark 8:36

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him

34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, ^a“Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

35 For ^awhoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

38 ^aFor whoever ^bis ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

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Mark 8:34-38

So when Christ used the phrase "ashamed of Me and My words," He was contrasting it with being willing to lose one's life for His sake and the gospel's. To feel ashamed is to align oneself with this sinful generation instead of with Christ. The term adulterous is used to refer to unfaithfulness to God. And similarly, when Christ comes as Judge, He will be ashamed and will disown those who have disowned Him.

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