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Shall lose it (apolesei autēn). This paradox appears in four forms according to Allen (1) Mat 10:39 (2) Mar 8:35; Mat 16:25; Luk 9:24 (3) Luk 17:33 (4) Joh 12:25. The Wisdom of Sirach (Hebrew text) in 51:26 has: “He that giveth his life findeth her (wisdom).” It is one of the profound sayings of Christ that he repeated many times. Plato (Gorgias 512) has language somewhat similar though not so sharply put. The article and aorist participles here (ho heurōn, ho apolesas) are timeless in themselves just like ho dechomenos in Mat 10:40 and Mat 10:41.