Luke 17:33 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³³Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

Luke 17:33 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 8:35-37
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. …
John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Matthew 10:39
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Luke 9:24-25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. …
Matthew 16:25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Amusements and Worldly Pleasures Armory Bigotry Care Carnal Mindedness Covetousness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 20-37)

We have here a discourse of Christ’s concerning the kingdom of God, that is, the kingdom of the Messiah, which was now shortly to be set up, and of which there was great expectation. I. Here is the demand of the Pharisees concerning it, which occasioned this discourse. They asked when the kingdom of God should come, forming a notion of it as a temporal kingdom, which should advance the Jewish nati…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 33)

31-33. to take it away ... Remember, &c.--a warning against that lingering reluctance to part with present treasures which induces some to remain in a burning house, in hopes of saving this and that precious article till consumed and buried in its ruins. The cases here supposed, though different, are similar.