What Does Mark 13:29 Mean in the King James?
So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
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 visible unfolding itself makes what is coming recognizable as already at the threshold.
THE MEANING
When these things unfold before you, you recognize that what is coming is near, already at the doors. Seeing and knowing meet in the present: nearness becomes perceptible in what is happening around you.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
You can know that something is near only by calculating a date, not by recognizing its approach as it unfolds.
THE ROOT
γινώσκετε
ginōskete
GROWS FROM
γινώσκω
ginōskō
to know or recognize through encounter
“know” in this verse is ginōskete. The verse uses the knowing that comes through perception and encounter. It joins that knowing to seeing these things unfold, so nearness is recognized in what is happening, not held as an abstract conclusion.
ALSO GROWS
gnōsis: knowledge, recognition
γνῶσις
This related word keeps knowing connected to recognition: the verse describes perceiving nearness as events unfold.
gnōstos: known, familiar
γνωστός
The word family carries the sense of something becoming known; here, what is near becomes recognizable through what you see.
ἐγγύς
engys
GROWS FROM
ἐγγύς
engys
near, close at hand
“nigh” in this verse is engys. This word names proximity, and the image “at the doors” makes that closeness spatial: what is coming stands at the threshold. Nearness is presented as something you can recognize as arrival presses close.
ALSO GROWS
engizō: draw near, approach
ἐγγίζω
This verb shows the movement toward the threshold that the verse describes as already near.
engyteron: nearer
ἐγγύτερον
The comparative form makes nearness a matter of approach; the verse places what is coming at the point of entry.
THE PATTERN
What is drawing near becomes recognizable when its approach enters the visible present.
Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.THE THREAD
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.Luke’s parallel names what Mark leaves implicit: the governance of God is near. It repeats the same see–know–near sequence, opening the doorway image as recognition that God’s reign is already close.
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