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Mark 10
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mark.10.m10First
πολλοὶ δὲ ἔσονται πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι
GRAMMARTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence
How should the reversal saying preserve its order?
Greek fronts ‘many’ and pairs first/last without supplying social rank or timing.
Why this default
‘But many first will be last, and the last first’ is default because it preserves Mark’s compressed order and paired contrast without supplying a relative clause or repeating the copula. The smoother options are valid English explanations but reduce the aphorism’s terse reversal.
Evidence
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Project defaultBut many first will be last, and the last first
Project default · order compressed
AlternativeBut many who are first will be last, and the last first
Natural English
AlternativeBut many of the first will be last, and the last will be first
Parallel clauses completed
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