What Does Mark 14:14 Mean in the King James?
And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
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 word for this guestchamber is also Luke’s word for the lodging where there is no room for Jesus at his birth, so the Passover table opens the question of welcome again.
THE MEANING
The Teacher asks for space in a house so the Passover can be shared at a table. The question reaches you now: deliverance is not only something named, but a meal received with others in the Teacher’s presence.
THE ROOT
κατάλυμα
katályma
GROWS FROM
λύω
luō
To loosen or release; κατάλυμα (katályma) means a lodging place or guest room and is formed with κατά + λύω.
“guestchamber” in this verse is katályma. English gives a fixed room, while the Greek word belongs to a family that carries both lodging and loosening. That quiet echo places rest and release around the room where the Passover is shared.
ALSO GROWS
katalýō: To lodge or stop for the night; in other uses, to loosen or dismantle.
καταλύω
This related verb shows how the room’s name belongs to a word family that can describe both lodging and loosening.
apolýō: To release or dismiss.
ἀπολύω
It shares the base λύω and shows that release is one of the meanings carried by this Greek word family.
THE PATTERN
Deliverance becomes present through a meal shared and remembered together.
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?THE THREAD
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.Luke uses the same Greek noun, κατάλυμα (katályma), rendered “inn” there and “guestchamber” here. The repeated word lets the question of who has room for Jesus echo across both scenes, opening the requested table as part of the same question of welcome.
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