What Does Mark 13:30 Mean in the King James?
Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
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 Greek repeats one seed in “generation” and “be done”: the generation does not pass until all these things come to be.
THE MEANING
This saying speaks now as a boundary on waiting: the generation named here does not pass before all these things come to be. The sentence ties a generation’s passing to the completion of what is in view, so its horizon is not left open-ended.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that the things named here may remain indefinitely unfinished as the generation in view passes away.
THE ROOT
γενεά
genea
GROWS FROM
γεν-
gen-
Be born; come into being.
The sentence echoes this seed in γενεά (genea, generation) and γένηται (genētai, come to be). English makes “generation” and “be done” sound unrelated, while the Greek binds the generation’s passing to all that comes into being.
ALSO GROWS
ginomai: Become, happen, come to be.
γίνομαι
“Be done” translates γένηται, a form of this verb, echoing the root in “generation.”
genos: Kind, lineage, offspring.
γένος
This branch shows how generation can name a people or lineage as well as a span of time.
genesis: Birth, origin, coming into being.
γένεσις
It carries the same seed of coming into existence that the verse repeats in “be done.”
THE PATTERN
A spoken word has a set horizon: what it announces comes to completion.
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.THE THREAD
So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.The previous verse uses the same γίνομαι (ginomai, come to be) root when it says these things “come to pass.” The Greek links their visible unfolding to the boundary in this verse: what you see coming to be is what the generation’s passing waits on.
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