Mark
Mark 14:21
21The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| Son | Υἱὸς | Huios | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5207 a son, descendent |
| of Man | ἀνθρώπου | anthrōpou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G444 a man, one of the human race |
| will go | ὑπάγει | hypagei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5217 I go away, depart |
| just as | καθὼς | kathōs | Adverb | G2531 just as, as |
| it is written | γέγραπται | gegraptai | Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1125 I write |
| about | περὶ | peri | Preposition | G4012 about, concerning, around |
| Him | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| but | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| woe | οὐαὶ | ouai | Interjection | G3759 woe!, alas! |
| to that | ἐκείνῳ | ekeinō | Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular | G1565 that, that one there, yonder |
| man | ἀνθρώπῳ | anthrōpō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G444 a man, one of the human race |
| by | δι’ | di’ | Preposition | G1223 through, on account of |
| whom | οὗ | hou | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| is betrayed | παραδίδοται | paradidotai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G3860 I hand over, deliver, betray |
| better | καλὸν | kalon | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular | G2570 beautiful, good, worthy |
| for him | αὐτῷ | autō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| if | εἰ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| had not been born | ἐγεννήθη | egennēthē | Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1080 I beget, bring forth, give birth to |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 26:24–25 · Isaiah 53:1–12 · Matthew 18:6–7 · Daniel 9:24 · Zechariah 13:7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.