What Does Mark 12:25 Mean in the King James?

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

Mark 12:25 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

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

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The verse closes both sides of marriage, the one who marries and the one given, because resurrection opens a life no longer organized by that bond.

THE MEANING

The verse presents risen life as a different order, where marriage no longer defines how people are joined or socially placed. The risen are like the heavenly messengers in this respect: neither marrying nor being given in marriage marks their life. The verse speaks now by loosening the assumption that the relationships organizing this age define every form of life.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It dissolves the belief that marriage permanently defines human belonging: in resurrection, neither marrying nor being given in marriage sets a person’s place.

THE ROOT

γαμοῦσιν

gamousin

GROWS FROM

γαμ-

gam-

The Greek word family for marrying and the marriage relation.

“marry / are given in marriage” in this verse is gamousin. Both verbs grow from the same marriage-family: one names marrying, the other being given in marriage. The verse names both directions, then says neither organizes risen life.

ALSO GROWS

gámos: marriage; wedding

γάμος

Names the shared institution beneath both forms in the verse.

gaméō: to marry

γαμέω

The verb behind “marry,” naming one side of the paired forms.

gamízō: to give in marriage; marry off

γαμίζω

The verb behind “are given in marriage,” naming the other side of the pair.

THE PATTERN

Scripture presents life’s arrangements as belonging to an order that can pass, while resurrection opens a changed order.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:1 · KJVIt places human activities within seasons, showing that the forms of life have their time rather than an absolute claim.

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

1 Corinthians 7:31 · KJVIt names the present world’s form as passing, placing its attachments within a temporary order.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Revelation 21:4 · KJVIt describes a changed order where death and grief no longer define life, as the former conditions pass away.

THE THREAD

But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

Luke 20:35 · KJV

Luke repeats the same paired marriage verbs and names the setting more explicitly as “that world” and “the resurrection from the dead.” Their shared ⁨γαμ-⁩ (gam-, marriage) family shows that both marrying and being given in marriage cease to organize risen life.

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