What Does Mark 14:67 Mean in the King James?
And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
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
Her look exposes an association Peter is trying to conceal before he can shape the story himself.
THE MEANING
An association you leave unspoken can still become visible in how another person reads your presence. The woman looks directly at Peter and names his connection with Jesus of Nazareth, turning nearness into public speech.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A denial can make an association disappear.
THE ROOT
ἐμβλέψασα
emblépsasa
GROWS FROM
βλεπ
βλέπω (blépō): to see or look.
“looked upon” in this verse is emblépsasa. The Greek verb directs attention toward Peter, and the sentence moves from that gaze straight to naming whom he is with. The look is part of the recognition: his association becomes visible and is spoken aloud.
ALSO GROWS
blépō: to see, look
βλέπω
This is the base verb in the same consonantal family, carrying the act of seeing within the more focused compound used of the woman’s gaze.
apoblépō: to look toward, regard
ἀποβλέπω
This compound keeps βλεπ and shows how a look can be directed toward someone or something with attention, fitting the gaze that singles Peter out.
THE PATTERN
A gaze brings a person’s identity or relation into speech.
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.THE THREAD
And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.Luke uses the same Greek βλέπω (blépō) compound for the Lord’s look toward Peter. In Mark, the woman’s gaze names Peter’s association; in Luke, the Lord’s gaze brings the denied word back into view.
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