Mark - 10:43



43 But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 10:43.

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But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
But it is not so among you: but whosoever will be greater, shall be your minister.
but it is not thus among you; but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your minister;
But so it shall not be among you: but whoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
but it is not to be so among you. No, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant;
But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:
But it will not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.
But it is not to be this way among you. Instead, whoever would become greater shall be your minister;
But among you it is not so. No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

But so shall it not be among you,.... Or "so let it not be", as in many copies; or as the Persic version renders it, "it ought not to be so among you"; such a lordly spirit does not become you; this is heathenish:
but whosoever will be great among you shall be, as in Matthew "let him", Matthew 20:26, be
your minister. This was just the reverse of what the two disciples were seeking for; they were indeed for being ministers but then they were for being prime ministers of state; and would have had all the rest subject to them and attendants on them to be sent out and employed as they should think fit: whereas the only way to preferment and greatness in Christ's kingdom, or rather Gospel church state, is to labour, in the work, of the ministry more abundantly than others; to take great pains and endure great hardships in order to bring great glory to God, and do great good to the souls of men; See Gill on Matthew 20:26.

But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister--a subordinate servant.

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