Mark 10:17
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”
ὁδός
Not a way among many ways. The way. In the ancient world, hodos meant a road that had been walked and proven. Jesus is not giving directions — He is saying: I am the road itself. Walk in Me and you will arrive.
κληρονομέω
I may inherit?
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κληρονομέω
To inherit, to receive as an inheritance. Kleronomeo. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Inheritance comes through relationship not achievement. Sons receive what servants cannot.
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ζωή
life
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ζωή
Life, living, existence. Zoe. I am the way the truth and the life. Zoe is divine life, not biological existence. It is the life of God shared with human beings through Christ.
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τίς
what
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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ποιέω
shall I do
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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προστρέχω
having run up
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προστρέχω
to run towards, i.e. hasten to meet or join
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ἐκπορεύομαι
when is going forth
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ἐκπορεύομαι
to depart, be discharged, proceed, project
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διδάσκαλος
Teacher
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διδάσκαλος
an instructor (genitive case or specially)
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ἐπερωτάω
he was asking
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ἐπερωτάω
to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek
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γονυπετέω
he having knelt down to
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γονυπετέω
to fall on the knee
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