What Does Mark 14:29 Mean in the King James?

But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.

Mark 14:29 · KJV

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

Peter hears that everyone may lose their footing, yet mistakes the strength of his resolve for proof that he alone will stand.

THE MEANING

The verse meets the reader in the confident thought, “Everyone else may stumble, but I will not.” Resolve can feel like proof of endurance before pressure has tested it.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The lie is that sincerity guarantees endurance: a person can mean “I will not” and still not know how they will respond under pressure.

THE ROOT

σκανδαλισθήσονται

skandalisthēsontai

GROWS FROM

σκανδαλ-

Greek lexical stem

A trap or stumbling block that catches the foot and makes someone lose their footing.

“offended” in this verse is skandalisthēsontai. The verb carries an image of stumbling or being caught off balance, not merely of feeling hurt. Peter’s claim sets his own footing apart from everyone else’s before it has been tested.

ALSO GROWS

skándalon: Trap or stumbling block.

σκάνδαλον

The noun preserves the concrete image behind the verse’s word for stumbling.

skandalízō: To cause someone to stumble, ensnare, or give offense.

σκανδαλίζω

This verb family links taking offense with losing one’s footing.

THE PATTERN

A declaration of unshakable standing can be overturned when the speaker meets the limits of their own strength.

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

Psalm 30:6 · KJVThe speaker’s certainty of being unmoved is stated before the next verse reveals how quickly that confidence can change.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18 · KJVThe verse links confidence elevated above its limits with the fall that follows.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

1 Corinthians 10:12 · KJVThe verse makes presumed stability itself the point at which a fall becomes possible.

THE THREAD

And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

Mark 14:27 · KJV

The same Greek verb for stumbling appears first in Jesus’ warning to all, then in Peter’s reply that he is the exception. Its repetition makes the gap clear: Peter hears the warning but claims his own footing is secure.

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