What Does John 16:4 Mean in the King James?
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word spoken before its hour is already being kept for the moment it will become clear.
THE MEANING
The word reaches you before its hour, so it can return as recognition when that moment arrives. Jesus’ presence holds you now, and what he says remains with you as the hour changes.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A word that is not clear at first has not failed; some words become recognizable when their hour arrives.
THE ROOT
μνημονεύω
mnēmoneuō
GROWS FROM
μνημ-
mnēm-
Memory: holding something in mind so it can be brought back to mind.
“remember” in this verse is mnēmoneuō. The words are already held for the hour when their meaning comes into focus. In this Greek word family, memory and memorial share the μνημ- stem: what is spoken can be preserved across time and brought back into the present.
ALSO GROWS
mnēmē: Memory or recollection.
μνήμη
The later remembering is a return to what has already been received, not a new message.
mnēmeion: A memorial, monument, or tomb.
μνημεῖον
This related word carries the idea of something preserved as a reminder; here, the spoken words remain available across the changing hour.
THE PATTERN
A word given before an event becomes recognition when the event arrives.
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.And they remembered his words,THE THREAD
And they remembered his words,The same Greek memory-root runs through both verses. What is spoken ahead of its hour can return to the present when the moment arrives.
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