Mark 10 · Verse 45

Mark 10:45

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45, King James Version

Mark 10:45 in other translations

BSBFor even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
WEBFor the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
ASVFor the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
YLTfor even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
DARBYFor also the Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many.
BBEFor truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
WebsterFor even the son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

What does Mark 10:45 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
45. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many--"instead of many," that is, "In the kingdom about to be set up, this principle shall have no place. All My servants shall there be equal; and the only greatness known to it shall be the greatness of humility and devotedness to the service of others. He that goes down the deepest in these services of self-denying humility shall rise the highest and hold the chiefest place in that kingdom; even as the Son of man, whose abasement and self-sacrifice for others, transcending all, gives Him of right a place above all!" As "the Word in the beginning with God," He was ministered unto; and as the risen Redeemer in our nature He now is ministered unto, "angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him" (1Pe 3:22); but not for this came He hither. The Served of all came to be the Servant of all; and His last act was the grandest Service ever beheld by the universe of God--"He Gave His Life a Ransom for Many!", &c. "Many" is here to be taken, not in contrast with few or with all, but in opposition to one--the one Son of man for the many sinners.

Mr 10:46-52. Blind Bartimaeus Healed. ( = Mt 20:29-34; Lu 18:35-43).

See on Lu 18:35-43.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 45.

(f) "but to minister" Jn 13:14, Php 2:7 (g) "to give his" Isa 53:11,12, Dan 9:26, 2Cor 5:21, Gall 3:13, 1Timm 2:6 Tit 2:14

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 10:32-45

Christ's going on with his undertaking for the salvation of mankind, was, is, and will be, the wonder of all his disciples. Worldly honour is a glittering thing, with which the eyes of Christ's own disciples have many times been dazzled. Our care must be, that we may have wisdom and grace to know how to suffer with him; and we may trust him to provide what the degrees of our glory shall be. Christ shows them that…

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Mark 10:45 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiEvenG2532
γὰρgarforG1063
ὁhotheG3588
υἱὸςhuiosSonG5207
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouof ManG444
οὐκouknotG3756
ἦλθενēlthencameG2064
διακονηθῆναιdiakonēthēnaito be servedG1247
ἀλλὰallabutG235
διακονῆσαιdiakonēsaito serveG1247
καὶkaiandG2532
δοῦναιdounaito giveG1325
τὴνtēntheG3588
ψυχὴνpsuchēnlifeG5590
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846
λύτρονlutron[as] a ransomG3083
ἀντὶantiforG473
πολλῶν.¶pollōnmany.G4183

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 10:45

  • Matthew 20:28

    Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  • Philippians 2:5-8

    Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

  • Titus 2:14

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • John 13:14

    If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

  • John 10:15

    As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

  • Hebrews 5:8

    Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

  • Luke 22:26-27

    But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

  • Isaiah 53:10-12

    Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

  • 1 Peter 1:19

    But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

  • 2 Corinthians 5:21

    For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  • Daniel 9:26

    And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

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came.
Mt 20:28; Lu 22:26,27; Joh 13:14; Php 2:5-8; Heb 5:8
and to.
Isa 53:10-12; Da 9:24,26; 2Co 5:21; Ga 3:13; 1Ti 3:4-6; Tit 2:14
1Pe 1:19

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Context

  • Mark 10:44

    And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

  • Mark 10:45

    For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  • Mark 10:46

    And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging.

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Mark 10:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque el Hijo del hombre tampoco vino para ser servido, mas para servir, y dar su vida en rescate por muchos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car aussi le fils de l’homme n’est pas venu pour être servi, mais pour servir et pour donner sa vie en rançon pour plusieurs.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn auch der Sohn des Menschen ist nicht gekommen, um bedient zu werden, sondern um zu dienen und sein Leben zu geben als Lösegeld für viele.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nam et Filius hominis non venit ut ministraretur ei, sed ut ministraret, et daret animam suam redemptionem pro multis.