What Does Mark 8:32 Mean in the King James?

And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

Mark 8:32 · 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

A truth can be spoken openly and still be hidden again by the person who takes it aside to rebuke it.

THE MEANING

This collision lives wherever a plain truth threatens what you expect: the words are heard, then grasped and pushed back against. Peter draws the speaker close, yet resists the meaning; proximity can hold a person while refusing what they say.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The lie is that protective closeness guarantees clear sight: you can mean to shield someone and still be pushing away the truth they speak.

THE ROOT

ἐπιτιμᾶν

epitiman

GROWS FROM

τιμάω

timaō

to value, honor, or treat as worthy

English “rebuke” can sound like generic scolding, while the Greek verb is built on the language of valuing or honoring. Peter is judging Jesus’ saying as something to resist; the word family keeps value and dishonor in view.

ALSO GROWS

timē: honor, worth, value

τιμή

The compound’s base belongs to the language of worth, so Peter’s rebuke is an evaluative judgment on what Jesus has just said.

timaō: to honor, treat as valuable

τιμάω

This verb supplies the compound’s base and leaves a tension between honor and censure in Peter’s move.

atimos: dishonored, without honor

ἄτιμος

This related form shows the same word family can name what happens when honor or value is denied.

προσλαβόμενος

proslabomenos

GROWS FROM

λαμβάνω

lambanō

to take or receive

“took him” in this verse is proslabomenos. Peter’s intervention has a bodily shape before it becomes speech: he draws Jesus aside, then rebukes him. The base verb also means receive, so the sentence holds a sharp gap between taking someone close and receiving the words they have said.

ALSO GROWS

lambanō: to take, receive

λαμβάνω

The base keeps the physical act visible beneath the relational phrase.

paralambanō: to receive, take along

παραλαμβάνω

This related compound carries the sense of taking someone with you in the same word family.

analambanō: to take up, receive

ἀναλαμβάνω

The shared base carries the idea of taking across a range of compounds; here Peter’s move is an actual taking, not just a verbal response.

λόγον

logon

GROWS FROM

λόγος

logos

word, message, or account

The “saying” is the word or message, and Jesus presents it openly. The rebuke therefore lands on the content of the message, not on something hidden or ambiguous.

ALSO GROWS

logizomai: to reckon, consider, or count

λογίζομαι

This related word reaches into weighing or accounting, fitting a moment in which Peter appraises the claim and resists its consequence.

logikos: reasonable, reasoned

λογικός

The word family also describes what is considered or reasoned, while this spoken message makes a claim Peter contests.

logion: oracle, saying, divine utterance

λόγιον

This related word names a weight-bearing utterance, deepening the sense of Jesus stating the message openly.

THE PATTERN

A truth that threatens expectation is often met with an attempt to shut down its voice.

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

1 Kings 22:8 · KJVThe motive is stated plainly: the message is hated because it speaks evil rather than good about the hearer.

But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

Amos 7:13 · KJVThe command attempts to silence a prophecy by declaring the place off-limits to it; the response controls where truth may be spoken.

And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

Acts 4:29 · KJVA threat tries to close speech down, and the speaker asks for boldness to keep speaking the word.

THE THREAD

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

Mark 4:39 · KJV

The same Greek verb translated “rebuked” appears in both verses. Here Peter directs it at Jesus’ announcement; there Jesus directs it at the storm, revealing the difference between trying to silence a message and confronting the chaos threatening the boat.

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