What Does Mark 10:24 Mean in the King James?
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
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 obstacle is not having wealth, but letting wealth persuade you that it is where safety lives.
THE MEANING
This verse names the shock of seeing how deeply wealth can secure your confidence. The difficulty is not described as owning resources, but as being persuaded by them, as though what you possess can guarantee what belongs to God’s governance. That conflict is present wherever money feels like the final ground beneath your life.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie is that money can serve as ultimate security without shaping what governs your life.
THE ROOT
πεποιθότας
pepoithotas
GROWS FROM
πείθω
peithō
To persuade or convince; in this form, to have been persuaded and so to trust or rely.
The word holds persuasion and reliance together: those who trust in riches have been convinced by them. Wealth has become more than something possessed; it has won their confidence as a source of security.
ALSO GROWS
peithō: To persuade, convince, or win over.
πείθω
It shows the persuasive force contained in the verse’s word for trust.
pepoithēsis: Confidence or reliance.
πεποίθησις
This related noun names the settled confidence that wealth has come to hold.
βασιλεία
basileia
GROWS FROM
βασιλεύς
basileus
King; the related verb βασιλεύω (basileuō) means to reign.
The word translated “kingdom” carries the sense of kingship and rule: God’s kingdom is God’s governance. The verse sets confidence secured by riches against life under that governance.
ALSO GROWS
basileus: King or ruler.
βασιλεύς
The king is the one whose authority gives the word its sense of rule.
basileuō: To reign or rule.
βασιλεύω
This related verb makes clear that the kingdom is an active reign, not only a place.
THE PATTERN
Whatever holds your trust becomes your source of security, and riches cannot bear that role.
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;THE THREAD
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:The same Greek word family for trust appears here: confidence is placed upon an object. Mark names riches as that object; this verse names God, whose power is described as raising the dead.
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