Matthew 16:26

Job 2:4; Job 27:8; Luke 12:20; Luke 16:25; Luke 9:25; Mark 8:36; Mark 8:37; Matthew 4:8; Matthew 4:9; Matthew 5:29; Psalms 49:7; Psalms 49:8

Related Commentaries of Matthew 16:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This discourse is also recorded in Mark 8:34-38 ; Mark 9:1 ; and Luke 9:23-27 . Let him, deny himself - That is, let him surrender to God hi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Great Confession and the First View of the Cross ( Mark 8:27-38 *, Luke 9:18-27 ). Omitting the cure of the blind man (but cf. Matthew 9:27...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

if he shall, &c. . if he should. Expressing an impossible condition. world. Greek. kosmos. See App-129. his own soul . his life, as in M...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. For what doth it profit a man? The word soul is here used in the strictest sense. Christ reminds them that the soul of man was not...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1377 THE WORTH OF THE SOUL Matthew 16:26 . What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Lose his own...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For what is a man profited, &c.— To carry home the argument more closely, he puts them in mind of the method according to which men estimate th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For w...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Peter's great Confession 1-4. A sign from heaven demanded ( Mark 8:11 cp. Luke 11:16 : see on Matthew 12:38 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exhortations to steadfastness and selfdenial in prospect of Christ's return. 24. See on Matthew 10:38 . By the cross Jesus means primarily marty...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

what is a man profited...? — It is not without a purpose that what may be called the argument of expediency is here brought in. Even the self-denia...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 13 The New Departure (Founding of the Church.) - Matthew 16:13-28 ; Matthew 17:1-21 THIS conversation at Caesarea Philippi is universall...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 glor...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 i...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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 wi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For what is a man profited ,.... Such persons, though they are only seeking their own profit, will find themselves most sadly mistaken; for of what...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Ver. 26....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whosoever will save his life At the expense of his conscience: whosoever, in the very highest instance, that of life itself, will not renounce him...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 te...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Value of the Soul. 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will c...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Our interpreters, by translating the same word soul in this verse which they had translated life Matthew 16:25 , let us know that they understoo...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 Mes...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“For what will a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?” ' So H...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 di...
Scofield Reference Notes

world Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". ( John 7:7 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Revelation 13:8 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 16:21-26 Great Purposes and Interruptive Voices. "From that time forth began Jesus to show unto His disciples how that He must go." Specia...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 16:24-28 The Eucharist considered as a participation in the unselfish life of Christ. I. From the day of his temptation, when He refused...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 16:26 I. Our Lord tells us in the text that our choice of a principle and end of living involves an exchange. You get nothing in life, goo...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 16:24-25 . 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. F...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 re...
The Biblical Illustrator

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? The great exchange 1. The text assumes a certain inherent...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 16:1-40 The Pharisees and Sadducees desire a sign. ( Mark 8:11-41 .) Matthew 16:1 The Pharisees also with th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

True gain:

²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Related Commentaries of Matthew 16:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 16:26