SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:43
Mas si tu mano te hace caer, crtala; mejor te es entrar a la vida manco, que teniendo dos manos ir a la Gehena, al fuego que no puede ser apagado;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Mark 9:43
Verse 43. The fire that never shall be quenched] That is, the inextinguishable fire. This clause is wanting in L, three others, the Syriac, and later Persic. Some eminent critics suppose it to be a spurious reading; but the authorities which are for it, are by no means counterbalanced by those which are against it. The same clause in ver. 45, is omitted in BCL, seven others, Syriac, later Persic, Coptic, and one Itala. Eternal fire is the expression of Matthew.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 43. And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off , etc..] I have observed on ( Matthew 5:30) that by the Jewish canons, cutting off of the hand was ordered in some cases there mentioned; which, though literally enjoined, must not be understood, as though the Jewish sanhedrim had a power of inflicting such a punishment, on persons found guilty of the things instanced in; or that it was required they should do this to themselves; but such rules were delivered in such language, to show the heinousness of the crimes committed, to express an abhorrence of them f177 , and to deter persons from them; and to show, as the gloss on one place observes, that it is better that the hand be cut off; or it should be more eligible to the person himself, to have it cut off, than to be guilty of such evil: and in like manner, Christ there and here, directs to what is most proper and fit to be done; even to part with what is ever so near and dear, rather than be drawn into evil by it: and his sense in this place is, that the dearest friends and acquaintance, or be they what they will, though ever so near and dear, like a right hand, the instrument of action, that obstruct the spiritual welfare of men, are to be renounced and parted with, and treated as real enemies, and of the most pernicious consequence; (see Gill on Matthew 5:29-30). It is better for thee to enter into life maimed : not that there will be any such thing, as upon the resurrection, going into heaven without a limb; for the words are to be understood, not literally, but figuratively; and the sense is, it is better to part with every thing here, that is detrimental to a man's doing, or enjoying, what is spiritually good, and enter into eternal life, than having two hands, to go into hell ; than by enjoying such persons and things, agreeable to the flesh, to the ruin of the soul, and be cast into hell; into the fire that never shall be quenched . This is a periphrasis of hell, and is an allusion to the valley of Hinnom, from whence hell has its name, here and elsewhere; where a constant fire was kept, for the burning of polluted things: one of the Jewish writers says f179 , that it was a place in the land near to Jerusalem, and was a place contemptible: where they cast things defiled, and carcasses; and there was there, dymt a , a continual fire, to burn polluted things and bones; and therefore the condemnation of the wicked, in a parabolical way, is called Gehinnom. And says another of them f180 , Gehinnom is a place known, near to Jerusalem, and a valley, tybkn ah ya , whose fire is never quenched; and in which they burn bones of defilement, and carcasses, and other polluted things.
This whole clause is left out in the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions; and the phrase, that never shall be quenched, is not in the Arabic version.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 41-50 - It is repeatedly said of the wicked, Their worm dieth not, as well as The fire is never quenched. Doubtless, remorse of conscience and kee self-reflection are this never-dying worm. Surely it is beyond compar better to undergo all possible pain, hardship, and self-denial here and to be happy for ever hereafter, than to enjoy all kinds of worldl pleasure for a season, and to be miserable for ever. Like the sacrifices, we must be salted with salt; our corrupt affections must be subdued and mortified by the Holy Spirit. Those that have the salt of grace, must show they have a living principle of grace in their hearts which works out corrupt dispositions in the soul that would offend God or our own consciences __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ εαν 1437 COND σκανδαλιζη 4624 5725 V-PAS-3S σε 4571 P-2AS η 3588 T-NSF χειρ 5495 N-NSF σου 4675 P-2GS αποκοψον 609 5657 V-AAM-2S αυτην 846 P-ASF καλον 2570 A-NSN σοι 4671 P-2DS εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S κυλλον 2948 A-ASM εις 1519 PREP την 3588 T-ASF ζωην 2222 N-ASF εισελθειν 1525 5629 V-2AAN η 2228 PRT τας 3588 T-APF δυο 1417 A-NUI χειρας 5495 N-APF εχοντα 2192 5723 V-PAP-ASM απελθειν 565 5629 V-2AAN εις 1519 PREP την 3588 T-ASF γεενναν 1067 N-ASF εις 1519 PREP το 3588 T-ASN πυρ 4442 N-ASN το 3588 T-ASN ασβεστον 762 A-ASN
Vincent's NT Word Studies
43. Hell. See on Matt. v. 22.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
9:43 {Into hell, into the unquenchable fire} (eis ten geennan, eis to p-r to asbeston). Not Hades, but gehenna. asbeston is alpha privative and sbestos from sbennumi to quench. It occurs often in Homer. Our word asbestos is this very word. #Mt 18:8 has "into the eternal fire." The Valley of Hinnom had been desecrated by the sacrifice of children to Moloch so that as an accursed place it was used for the city garbage where worms gnawed and fires burned. It is thus a vivid picture of eternal punishment.
