What Does Luke 9:36 Mean in the King James?

And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

Luke 9:36 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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THE KEY

The revelation reaches its center when the voice has passed and Jesus alone remains.

THE MEANING

When the voice has passed, Jesus remains; the reader’s attention rests on the one still present. What has been seen may be held close in silence for a time without ceasing to be real.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that a true encounter must be announced immediately: here the disciples keep what they have seen close and tell no one for a time.

THE ROOT

μόνον

monon

GROWS FROM

μόνος

monos

alone, only, single

The Greek ⁨μόνον⁩ is a form of ⁨μόνος⁩, carrying both the sense of being alone and of being the only one. Here the meanings converge: Jesus is alone because the others have vanished, and he is the one presence left before the disciples.

ALSO GROWS

monogenēs: one of a kind, unique

μονογενής

This branch carries the sense of singularity: Jesus is no longer one figure among several, but the one who remains.

monachos: solitary, alone

μοναχός

This branch preserves the word’s sense of solitude, while the scene makes that solitude the final focus.

THE PATTERN

A revelation can be held in silence until its appointed time to be spoken.

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Ecclesiastes 3:7 · KJVSilence and speech each have their season, so holding a revelation quietly can belong to its timing.

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Daniel 12:4 · KJVThe words are sealed and held until their appointed time to be opened.

And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

Revelation 10:4 · KJVEven after a voice is heard, what it reveals can be kept unspoken.

THE THREAD

And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

Mark 9:8 · KJV

Mark’s parallel uses the same Greek monos word rendered “alone” in Luke: Jesus is “only” with them after Moses and Elijah disappear. The shared root makes the solitude a narrowing focus, the others recede, and Jesus remains.

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