What does Matthew 16:25 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."
Verse Matthew 16:25. _FOR WHOSOEVER WILL SAVE HIS LIFE_] That is, _shall_ _wish to save his life_-at the expense of his conscience, and casting aside the cross, _he shall lose it _- the very evil he w...
This discourse is also recorded in Mark 8:34; Mark 9:1; and Luke 9:23. LET HIM, DENY HIMSELF - That is, let him surrender to God his will, his affections, his body, and his soul. Let him not seek his...
4. THE GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE REJECTED KING CONCERNING HIMSELF. CHAPTER 16 1. Pharisees and Sadducees Asking a Sign. (Matthew 16:1 .) 2. Instructions Concerning the Leaven. (Matthew 16:5 .) 3. P...
THE GREAT CONFESSION AND THE FIRST VIEW OF THE CROSS (Mark 8:27 *, Luke 9:18). Omitting the cure of the blind man (but _cf. Matthew 9:27_), Mt. passes to the significant episode of Cæ sarea Philippi....
BLIND TO THE SIGNS (Matthew 16:1-4)...
WILL SAVE. be willing (Subj.) to save, as above. HIS LIFE. Greek. _psuche_ his soul. Should be "soul" here, if "soul" in Matthew 16:26. or, "life" in Matthew 16:26, if "life" here....
Self-renouncement required in Christ's followers. Their Reward. Mark 8:34 to Mark 9:1; Luke 9:23-27...
SELF-RENOUNCEMENT REQUIRED IN CHRIST’S FOLLOWERS. THEIR REWARD Mark 8:34 to Mark 9:1; Luke 9:23-27....
VER 24. THEN SAID JESUS UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, "IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS, AND FOLLOW ME. 25. FOR WHOSOEVER WILL SAVE HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT: AND WHOSOEVE...
_A CHALLENGE FOR A LIFETIME COMMITMENT MATTHEW 16:24-28_ : The challenge was simple "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." (Matthew 16:24) To...
ΔΣ ΈΆΝ (G3739; G1437) всякий, ΘΈΛΗ _praes. conj. act., см._ Matthew 16:24. ΣΏΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΣΦΖΩ (G4982) спасать, ΆΠΟΛΈΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act._ ΆΠΟΛΈΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΆΠΌΛΛΥΜΙ (G622) те...
DISCOURSE: 1376 THE EXTENT AND IMPORTANCE OF A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY Matthew 16:24. _Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and fol...
Section 41 NEAR CAESAREA PHILIPPI JESUS TESTS HIS DISCIPLES (Parallels: Mark 8:27 to Mark 9:1; Luke 9:18-27) TEXT: 16:13-28 13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his d...
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. FOR WHOSOEVER WILL SAVE, [ thelee (G2309 ) soosai (G4982 ) - 'IS MINDED TO SAVE,' OR BEN...
6 Leaven stands for corrupt doctrine (12). Our Lord was concerned that the disciples should not be tainted by digesting the teaching of His enemies. But all that they were concerned about was the poss...
16:25 life (k-8) The word signifies both 'life' and 'soul.'...
ST. PETER'S GREAT CONFESSION 1-4. A sign from heaven demanded (Mark 8:11 cp. Luke 11:16 : see on Matthew 12:38)....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 16 THE *JEWISH LEADERS ASK FOR A *MIRACLE 16:1-4 V1 Some *Pharisees and some *Sadducees came to Jesus. They wanted to test him. So th...
WHOSOEVER WILL SAVE HIS LIFE,... WHOSOEVER WILL LOSE HIS LIFE.... — There is a subtle distinction between the two clauses in the Greek which the English fails to represent. “Whoso ever _willeth_ — _i....
Chapter 13 The New Departure (Founding of the Church.) - Matthew 16:13; Matthew 17:1 THIS conversation at Caesarea Philippi is universally regarded as marking a new era in the life of Christ. His rej...
_At Caesarea Philippi_ (Mark 8:27 to Mark 9:1; Luke 9:18-27). The crossing of the lake (Matthew 16:5) proved to be the prelude to a second long excursion northwards, similar to that mentioned in Matth...
BEAR THE CROSS FOR JESUS Matthew 16:21-28 The gospel has two parts: Jesus is the Christ; and the Christ must suffer, if He shall enter His glory. Our Lord made sure of the first, before He held to t...
What a very wonderful fact in the life and ministry of Jesus is His power of suppressing the marvelous powers He possessed. He never used them save in divine wisdom and love. How easily He could have...
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall (t) find it. (t) Shall gain himself: And this is his meaning, they that deny Christ to save themselv...
_Whosoever will save his life. Lit. his soul. In the style of the Scriptures, the word soul is sometimes put for the life of the body, sometimes for the whole man. (Witham) --- Whosoever acts against...
DISCIPLESHIP Matthew 16:24-26; Mark 8:34-37; Luke 9:23-25. Mark: _“Calling to Him the multitude, along with His disciples, He said to them, Whosoever wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, tak...
"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (25) For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE DENIAL OF SELF_ ‘Let him deny himself.’ Matthew 16:24 I. DENIAL has the threefold sense of the refusal to acknowledge acquaintance or relationship, the rejection of the claim of authority, th...
25._For he that would save his life shall lose it. _It is a most appropriate consolation, that they who willingly suffer death for the sake of Christ (467) do actually obtain life; for Mark expressly...
Chapter 16 goes farther than the revelation of the simple grace of God. Jesus reveals what was about to be formed in the counsels of that grace, where He was owned, shewing the rejection of the proud...
FOR WHOSOEVER WILL SAVE HIS LIFE,.... Whoever is desirous of preserving himself from troubles, reproaches, persecutions, and death; and takes such a method to do it, as by forsaking Christ, denying hi...
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. Ver. 25. _For whosoever will save his life_] That is parsimonious of it, when Christ calls...
_Whosoever will save his life_ At the expense of his conscience: whosoever, in the very highest instance, that of life itself, will not _renounce himself_, shall be lost eternally. But can any man hop...
WHOSOEVER WILL SAVE HIS LIFE-LOSE HIS LIFE; whosoever shall save his temporal life by renouncing the Saviour, shall lose his eternal life; and whosoever shall lose his temporal life by following the S...
Taking the cross:...
The enmity against the true Messiah increases now to the point of Pharisee's and Sadducee's (usually hostile to each other) conspiring together to tempt Him, in an effort to trap Him in some way. Both...
24-28 A true disciple of Christ is one that does follow him in duty, and shall follow him to glory. He is one that walks in the same way Christ walked in, is led by his Spirit, and treads in his step...
We met with these words in MATTHEW 10:39. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 10:39"....
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII "[176] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII But at the same time also observe that at the beginning it is said, "Whosoever wills," but afterwards, "Whoso shall...
Matthew 16:25 For G1063 whoever G3739 G302 desires G2309 (G5725) save G4982 (G5658) his G846 life G5590 lose G622 (G5692) it G846 but G1161 whoever G3739 G302 loses G622 (G5661) his G846 life G5590 My...
JESUS REVEALS THAT AS THE MESSIAH AND SON OF MAN HE MUST SUFFER (16:21-27). Jesus declares that the way of suffering lies ahead for Him as the Messiah, and when Peter tries to show Him His ‘error', H...
Matthew 16:25. FOR WHOSOEVER WOULD SAVE HIS LIFE, etc. Comp, the same thought in chap. Matthew 10:39. Whoever makes the lower life the supreme motive shall lose the higher life, and whoever, making Ch...
SAVE HIS LIFE (την ψυχην αυτου σωσα). Paradoxical play on word "life" or "soul," using it in two senses. So about "saving" and "losing" (απολεσε)....
Matthew 16:21 Great Purposes and Interruptive Voices. "From that time forth began Jesus to show unto His disciples how that He must go." Special emphasis should be laid upon the word "must," in order...
Matthew 16:24. _Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whoso...
CONTENTS: Jesus' rebuke of blind Pharisees. The symbol of leaven interpreted. Peter's confession of the deity of Jesus. Jesus foretells His death and resurrection. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter, Sata...
Matthew 16:1. _The pharisees also with the sadducees came,_ soliciting _a sign from heaven: Matthew 12:38_. This was the second time, and they received the appellation of hypocrites, as professing the...
FOR WHOEVER. If you repudiate Christ to save your earthly life, you will forfeit your life eternally. If you lose your earthly life for the sake of Christ and his Kingdom, you will find life in eterni...
_For whosoever will save his life._ LOSING THE SOUL TO SAVE IT One of the moral paradoxes of Scripture-the most decided, the most contradictory, the most reckless (if we may so say) of them all. A c...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 16:21 The Suffering of the Messiah Revealed. Jesus reveals the nature of his messiahship. He is a suffering Messiah. His disciples must suffer with him (Matthew 16:21). Still,...
JESUS PREDICTS HIS DEATH THE FIRST TIME MATTHEW 16:21-28; MARK 8:31-9; LUKE 9:22-27; MATTHEW 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 16:20. TELL NO MAN.—Jesus had not, even to His Apostles, said that He was the Christ, but He left it that they might discover it themselves from the testimony of facts. It was...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 16:1 _The Pharisees and Sadducees desire a sign. _(Mark 8:11.) MATTHEW 16:1 THE PHARISEES ALSO WITH THE SADDUEEES; rather, _and the Pharisees and Sadducees. _The scribes and Pha...
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came [And now they are seeking to trap Him], and they desire that he would show them a sign from heaven. And he answered and said unto them: When it is evening, y...
Acts 20:23; Acts 20:24; Esther 4:14; Esther 4:16; John 12:25; Luke 17:33; Mark 8:35; Matthew 10:39; Revelation 12:11...
Whosoever will save his life — At the expense of his conscience: whosoever, in the very highest instance, that of life itself, will not renounce himself, shall be lost eternally. But can any man hope...
Observe here, 1. That the love of this temporal life, is. great temptation to men to deny Christ, and renounce his holy religion. 2. That the surest way to attain eternal life, is cheerfully to lay d...