What Does Matthew 16:28 Mean in the King James?
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
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 verse promises that some will perceive the Son of Man’s governance before they taste death, making the reign visible within mortal life.
THE MEANING
You stand within the promise’s field of vision: some do not taste death before they perceive the Son of Man arriving in his governance. The verse holds open a sequence in which his rule becomes visible before death, while its timing differs among witnesses. Death remains real, but it is not the first horizon for everyone.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that seeing the Son of Man’s reign is possible only after death.
THE ROOT
γεύσωνται
geusōntai from geuomai
GROWS FROM
γεύω (geuō), with the verb stem γευ- (geu-)
To taste; by extension, to experience or partake of.
The verb lets “taste death” carry the immediacy of undergoing something. The same verb can describe experiencing the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, so the promise concerns what is experienced before death, not merely what is expected afterward.
ALSO GROWS
geuomai: To taste; to experience.
γεύομαι
The verb can describe literal tasting or undergoing an experience, giving “taste of death” the force of a direct encounter.
geusasthai: To have tasted; to have experienced.
γεύσασθαι
Hebrews 6:5 uses this form for experiencing the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, showing that the verb also describes a present encounter with what is to come.
βασιλείᾳ
basileia
GROWS FROM
βασιλεύς
basileus
Kingship or governance: rule exercised by a king.
The word names a kingdom, while its family also names the king and the act of reigning. “Coming in his kingdom” thus carries the sense of his governance arriving in view, alongside the realm it names.
ALSO GROWS
basileus: King.
βασιλεύς
This word names the ruler whose kingship stands behind the kingdom that is coming into view.
basileuō: To reign; to rule.
βασιλεύω
This verb names governance actively exercised, illuminating the arrival as the Son of Man’s rule becoming visible.
THE PATTERN
The Son of Man’s governance comes into view through a visible arrival, witnessed by people and peoples.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.THE THREAD
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.Hebrews uses the same verb behind “taste” when it says Jesus tastes death for every person. The link gives this promise added weight: some see his reign before tasting death, while the Son himself enters death for all.
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