What Does Mark 14:26 Mean in the King James?
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
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 hymn is not the scene’s ending; it is the sound they carry as they step into what comes next.
THE MEANING
Their hymn ends, and the group moves together toward the Mount of Olives. The verse holds praise and departure in the same movement: singing accompanies them into the next threshold.
THE ROOT
ἐξῆλθον
exēlthon
GROWS FROM
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
To come or go; with ἐκ (ek, out), it becomes ἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai), to go out.
“went out” in this verse is exēlthon. The Greek verb joins outward movement to the basic idea of coming and going. The hymn and the departure are one unfolding action: they sing, then move outward together toward the Mount of Olives.
ALSO GROWS
exerchomai: To move outward or depart.
ἐξέρχομαι
This is the compound verb behind “went out”; ἐκ (ek, out) gives their movement its direction.
eiserchomai: To go in or enter.
εἰσέρχομαι
The same verb family can describe movement inward; its prefix changes the direction of the movement.
proserchomai: To come toward or draw near.
προσέρχομαι
Here too the same verb family describes movement, while the prefix marks the movement as an approach.
THE PATTERN
Praise accompanies people across thresholds and continues into the movement that follows.
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.THE THREAD
And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.“Went out” uses ἐξῆλθον (exēlthon), from ἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai, go out), built on ἔρχομαι (erchomai, come or go). In the next verse, ἔρχονται (erchontai, they come) carries that same verb into their arrival at Gethsemane: the outward movement of the hymn leads into the garden.
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