What Does Mark 13:26 Mean in the King James?
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
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 clouds do not obscure the Son of Man; they frame the moment his power and weight become visible.
THE MEANING
The verse places you before a reality that becomes visible: the Son of Man comes into view with power and weight. His arrival is something seen, not merely inferred.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It dissolves the belief that this authority remains forever hidden: the verse describes the Son of Man as seen in his coming.
THE ROOT
δυνάμεως
dynameōs
GROWS FROM
δυν
The Greek stem δυν (dyn) means to be able or to have capacity.
The root holds ability and might together, so the visible coming carries effective capacity, not merely an impressive display. English “power” holds this same sense of active ability beneath its broader associations.
ALSO GROWS
dynamai: to be able
δύναμαι
This verb makes the capacity inside power explicit: the arrival carries the ability to act.
dynatos: able, powerful
δυνατός
This adjective joins ability with might, illuminating the force accompanying the Son of Man’s coming.
δόξης
doxēs
GROWS FROM
δοξ
The Greek stem δοξ (dox) carries renown and honor; here δόξα (doxa, glory) is the weight of manifested worth.
The verse holds power together with weight: the one who comes carries a presence whose worth is made visible. Glory here has substance, not merely appearance.
ALSO GROWS
doxazō: to honor, glorify
δοξάζω
This branch shows glory as recognized worth, the honor made evident in the one they see.
endoxos: honored, glorious
ἔνδοξος
This branch describes someone marked by honor, echoing the weight carried in the Son of Man’s appearing.
THE PATTERN
Heavenly authority moves from vision to public manifestation: the Son of Man comes in clouds and is seen.
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.THE THREAD
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.Mark’s ὄψονται (opsontai, “they will see”) and Revelation’s ὄψεται (opsetai, “he will see”) are future forms of ὁράω (horaō, “see, perceive”). The shared verb turns the cloud-coming into a disclosure no eye is outside.
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