Study it in the app“For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.””
Forγὰρwhoeverὃς ἐὰνis ashamedἐπαισχυνθῇof meμεandκαὶof myτοὺς ἐμοὺςwordsλόγουςinἐνthisταύτῃadulterousτῇ μοιχαλίδιandκαὶsinfulἁμαρτωλῷgeneration,τῇ γενεᾷthe Sonὁ υἱὸςof Manτοῦ ἀνθρώπουalsoκαὶwill be ashamedἐπαισχυνθήσεταιof himαὐτὸνwhenὅτανhe comesἔλθῃinἐνthe gloryτῇ δόξῃof his Fatherτοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦwithμετὰthe holyτῶν ἁγίωνangels.”τῶν ἀγγέλων
be ashamed
Be ashamed of.
Where else “epaischynthēi” appearsmy, mine
My, mine.
Where else “emous” appearsword
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logous” appearsadulteress
Adulteress: a woman unfaithful to her husband. The prophets use the same image for a people unfaithful to God.
Where else “moichalidi” appearssinner
Sinner; in the Pharisees' mouth, someone who did not keep the law.
Where else “hamartōlōi” appearsgeneration
Generation: the people born around the same time, or each step from parent to child in a family.
Where else “geneai” appearsSon
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huios” appearsSon of Man
"The Son of Man": what Jesus calls himself.
Where else “anthrōpou” appearswhen, whenever
When, whenever.
Where else “hotan” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthēi” appearsglory
The greatness and splendor of God.
Where else “doxēi” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appearsholy
Holy, like God: pure and majestic; or what is his.
Where else “hagiōn” appearsangel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelōn” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Acknowledging or denying Jesus
Matthew 10:32-33Luke 9:26Luke 12:8-9
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
Mark 8:38
38For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
32So everyone who acknowledges me before people, I too will acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven; 33but whoever denies me before people, I too will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
26For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and that of the Father and of the holy angels.
8And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before people, the Son of Man also will acknowledge him before the angels of God; 9but the one who denies me before people will be denied before the angels of God.
Take up your cross
Mark 8:34–9:1
8:34And summoning the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 8:35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me and the good news will save it. 8:36For what does it profit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? 8:37For what can a person give in exchange for his life? 8:38For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” 9:1And he was saying to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power.”
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me will find it. 26For what will it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life? 27For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will repay each one according to his conduct. 28Truly I tell you, there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
23And he was saying to all, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me, that one will save it. 25For what is a person benefited if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself? 26For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and that of the Father and of the holy angels. 27But I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
37For what can a person give in exchange for his life?
38 · This verse (above)
1. What it says
What did Jesus ask his disciples about who people said he was, and what did Peter answer (vv. 27–29)?
2. What it means
What does the blind man see after Jesus' first touch, and what does he see after the second (vv. 23–25)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asked, “What will a person give in exchange for his life?” (v. 37). What do you value most in your life?
