What Does Mark 13:3 Mean in the King James?
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
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 temple stays in view, but the disciples direct their question to Jesus.
THE MEANING
Jesus sits opposite the temple, and Peter, James, John, and Andrew ask him privately. The verse holds the visible sacred structure and a direct conversation in the same frame. The disciples’ question turns toward Jesus while the temple remains before them.
THE ROOT
κατ
kat’ idian
GROWS FROM
ἰδι-
idi-
One’s own, belonging particularly to oneself.
“privately” in this verse is kat’ idian. The phrase comes from the word family of ἴδιος, “one’s own,” marking this as a conversation set apart from the public setting. All four disciples are present, so the word distinguishes the exchange from a public address rather than describing a one-on-one conversation.
ALSO GROWS
ídios: One’s own; belonging to oneself.
ἴδιος
This is the seed behind the wording for the disciples’ private exchange.
idía: Privately; individually.
ἰδίᾳ
This adverbial form appears in the phrase that marks the setting of their question.
idiṓtēs: A private individual; a nonexpert or layperson.
ἰδιώτης
This branch retains the sense of someone in a private, nonofficial capacity, echoing the distinction between this conversation and a public address.
THE PATTERN
A moment of revelation draws a direct request from someone who stays near.
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.THE THREAD
And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.Jesus has just spoken of the temple’s dismantling; now the disciples ask him privately while sitting opposite it. Their question opens in the space between the visible building and the words spoken about its future.
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