What Does Mark 10:33 Mean in the King James?
Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
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
“Delivered” appears twice because the ascent to Jerusalem is a chain of handovers, each placing Jesus under another power until death is the verdict.
THE MEANING
The verse holds ascent and vulnerability together: the way toward Jerusalem also passes through successive transfers of power, condemnation, and death. Jesus names each step without disguising the violence or mistaking direction for safety.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A path of ascent means a path of safety or rising status; here, the one going up is handed over to death.
THE ROOT
παραδοθήσεται
paradothēsetai
GROWS FROM
δίδωμι
didōmi
To give, grant, or put; παραδίδωμι means to hand over or deliver.
“delivered” in this verse is paradothēsetai. The Greek verb appears twice: Jesus is handed over first to the chief priests and scribes, then they hand him over to the Gentiles. Its base means “give”; the prefixes shape a transfer of custody, so the repeated word carries a chain of handovers, not just one event.
ALSO GROWS
didōmi: Give or grant
δίδωμι
The base action is giving; here, it becomes a transfer of Jesus into others’ power.
metadidōmi: Share or impart
μεταδίδωμι
This related form shows how the same base can describe giving something to another, though here the giving over places Jesus in danger.
apodidōmi: Give back or render
ἀποδίδωμι
This form also grows from “give,” showing how its direction changes with the prefix and context.
THE PATTERN
Across these passages, one figure’s suffering or handing over is joined to an outcome that reaches many.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.THE THREAD
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.Romans uses the same Greek verb, παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi), for being handed over. It places that handover beside being raised, holding the chain Mark traces together with its reversal.
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