What Does Mark 14:17 Mean in the King James?
And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
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 verb makes this an arrival into shared presence: Jesus comes with the twelve as evening begins.
THE MEANING
You meet this moment as evening comes on: Jesus arrives accompanied, with the twelve beside him. The verse holds the gathering in a single movement, placing you within a scene of shared presence.
THE ROOT
ἔρχεται
erchetai
GROWS FROM
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
to come, go, or arrive
English “cometh” sounds like a simple arrival, while ἔρχομαι can mean come or go depending on the point of view. Here, the present form places Jesus arriving into the evening scene; related compounds show the verb’s broader sense of movement across a threshold.
ALSO GROWS
eiserchomai: enter, come in
εἰσέρχομαι
Adding “in” makes explicit the movement into a place that is already present in the verse’s arrival.
exerchomai: go out, depart
ἐξέρχομαι
Adding “out” shows that this word family can describe passage across a boundary in either direction.
THE PATTERN
Presence takes shape as coming among people rather than remaining distant.
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.THE THREAD
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.“Came” in John and “cometh” here share the Greek verb ἔρχομαι. Both verses place Jesus arriving in the evening among a gathered group, so Mark’s brief line opens onto the same movement into shared presence.
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