Teks -- Mark 8:35 (NET)

8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

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Robertson: Mar 8:35 - And the gospel’ s sake

And the gospel’ s sake ( kai tou euaggeliou ).

In Mark alone. See note on Mat 16:25. for this paradox. Two senses of "life"and "save."For the last "save"(sōsei ) Mat 16:25 has "find"(heurēsei ). See note on Mat 16:26 for "gain,""profit,"and "exchange."

Vincent: Mar 8:35 - And the gospel's

And the gospel's

Peculiar to Mark.

Wesley: Mar 8:35

Mat 16:25; Luk 9:24; Luk 17:33; Joh 12:25.

Clarke: Mar 8:35 - For whosoever will save his life

For whosoever will save his life - On this and the following verses, see Mat 16:24, etc.

Defender: Mar 8:35 - lose his life

The reference is not to physical martyrdom but to the fact that real life is found only in dying to self and living for Christ. This divine paradox is repeatedly emphasized in the New Testament (see note on Mat 10:39)."

TSK: Mar 8:35 - will save // for

will save : Est 4:11-16; Jer 26:20-24; Mat 10:39, Mat 16:25; Luk 9:24, Luk 17:33; Joh 12:25, Joh 12:26; Act 20:24, Act 21:13; 2Ti 2:11-13, 2Ti 4:6-8; Heb 11:35; Rev 2:10, Rev 7:14, Rev 12:11

for : Mat 5:10-12, Mat 10:22, Mat 19:29; Luk 6:22, Luk 6:23; Joh 15:20,Joh 15:21; Act 9:16; 1Co 9:23; 2Co 12:10; 2Ti 1:8; 1Pe 4:12-16

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Poole: Mar 8:35 - See Poole on "Mat 10:39" // and the gospel’ s

We met with this argument twice in Matthew, to the notes upon which I refer the reader.

See Poole on "Mat 10:39" . Mark adds those words,

and the gospel’ s thereby teaching us that a suffering for the sake of the gospel, with therefore owning the propositions of it, or living up to the precepts, is by Christ accounted a suffering for Christ’ s sake. quchn here must signify life, ( as it is translated), for a man cannot lose his soul for Christ’ s sake and the gospel’ s. The meaning is, He that will deny and abandon me and my gospel, out of a desire to save his temporal life, shall lose it, or at least shall lose his soul’ s portion in a better life. But he that is willing to lose his life, or will run the hazard of it, for my sake, for his owning and professing me, and the faith of my gospel, or living up to the rules, shall either save it in specie, by the special workings of my providence for him, delivering him out of his persecutors’ hands, or shall be recompensed with an eternal life, of much more value.

Gill: Mar 8:35 - For whosoever will save his life // shall lose it // but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospel's // the same shall save it

For whosoever will save his life,.... Life is a valuable thing, and all that a man has he will give for it; self preservation is a principle in nature; and it becomes every man to take all lawful methods to save his life, when it is threatened, or is in danger: but whoever is willing to save it, when it is called for to be laid down for Christ's sake; and rather than lay it down, will deny Christ, and give up a profession of him, and his Gospel,

shall lose it: he shall not enjoy it with honour and comfort now, and much less with peace, pleasure, and happiness hereafter, but shall be under the power of the second death:

but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospel's; that is, shall willingly part with it when he is called to it, rather than deny Christ and his Gospel,

the same shall save it: though he will lose it now, he will find it again in the resurrection of life; for he will rise to eternal life; when such, who have apostatized from Christ, will rise to shame, and everlasting contempt: this man will have greatly the advantage over such; they will die the second death, or be destroyed soul and body in hell; and he will live for ever with Christ, in endless pleasure and glory; See Gill on Mat 16:25.