What Does Mark 1:19 Mean in the King James?
And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
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 for mending a net also describes restoring a person and equipping a community: repair returns what is torn to what it can carry.
THE MEANING
The image speaks now: what needs mending is seen in the middle of ordinary work. The same Greek word reaches beyond nets to the restoration and preparation of people. Repair is already meaningful work; it restores the capacity to hold and serve.
THE ROOT
καταρτίζοντας
katartizontas
GROWS FROM
καταρτίζω
katartizō
To fit together, restore, or prepare for use.
The word translated “mending” belongs to the same Greek word family used for restoring a person and equipping a community. It carries repair beyond patching: what is damaged is made ready again to hold and serve.
ALSO GROWS
restore: Restore or set right.
καταρτίζετε
In Galatians 6:1, this word describes restoring a person, connecting the repair of nets with the restoration of someone who has gone astray.
perfecting: Equipping or preparing for a task.
καταρτισμός
In Ephesians 4:12, a related form describes equipping the saints for their work; mending and preparation share the idea of restoring capacity.
THE PATTERN
Restoration returns what is damaged to the work it can still carry.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:THE THREAD
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.“Restore” translates the same Greek word family as “mending” in this verse. The shared word reveals repair as returning someone or something to its capacity, whether the thing being mended is a net or a person.
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