Mark
Mark 10:38
38“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I will drink, or be baptized with the baptism I will undergo?”
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You do not know | οἴδατε | oidate | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1492 I know, remember |
| what | τί | ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| you are asking | αἰτεῖσθε | aiteisthe | Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural | G154 I ask, request, beg, petition |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2424 Jesus |
| replied | εἶπεν | eipen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| Can you | δύνασθε | dynasthe | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural | G1410 I am powerful, am able |
| drink | πιεῖν | piein | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G4095 I drink, imbibe |
| the | τὸ | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| cup | ποτήριον | potērion | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G4221 a drinking cup |
| I | ἐγὼ | egō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| will drink | πίνω | pinō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G4095 I drink, imbibe |
| be baptized | βαπτισθῆναι | baptisthēnai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive | G907 I dip, submerge, baptize |
| the | τὸ | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| baptism | βάπτισμα | baptisma | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G908 the rite or ceremony of baptism |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Luke 12:50 · Matthew 20:21–22 · John 18:11 · James 4:3 · Psalm 75:8 · Luke 22:42 · 1 Kings 2:22 · Romans 8:26 · Isaiah 51:22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.