Sunday, April 25, 2021

Mark 10:44

I'm still working my way through Mark.  A little over a week ago, I watched the Daily Dose of Greek video for Mark 10:44 and noticed a small feature in the word order.


καὶ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος, ἔσται πάντων δοῦλος.

"and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all."

As if to reflect this idea of being "slave of all" and in the lowest position, the word for "slave" (δοῦλος) is placed last in the sentence.