24aFor whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
25aFor what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?
26aFor whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be bashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.
27aBut I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.”
Jesus Transfigured on the Mount
28aNow it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
29 As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening.
30 And behold, two men talked with Him, who were aMoses and bElijah,
31 who appeared in glory and spoke of His1 decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Whosoever shall be ashamed (ov an epaisxunqh). Rather,
Whosoever is ashamed as in Mark 8:38. The first aorist passive subjunctive in an indefinite relative clause with an. The passive verb is transitive here also. This verb is from epi and aisxunh, shame (in the eyes of men). Jesus endured the shame of the cross (Hebrews 12:2). The man at the feast who had to take a lower seat did it with shame (Luke 14:9). Paul is not ashamed of the Gospel (Romans 1:16). Onesiphorus was not ashamed of Paul (II Timothy 1:16).
In his own glory (en th doch autou). This item added to what is in Mark 8:38; Matthew 16:27.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 9:26:
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