What Does Matthew 24:34 Mean in the King James?
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
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 Greek ties “generation” to coming into being: what is named comes to be before that span passes.
THE MEANING
The verse speaks into your present: the generation does not pass before all the things named here come to be. “Generation” and the verb rendered “be fulfilled” echo a Greek family of birth and becoming, holding duration and arrival together.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the assumption that the passage of time by itself proves what has been spoken will fail; the verse places passing after coming-to-be.
THE ROOT
γενεά
genea
GROWS FROM
γεν-/γιν- (gen-/gin-)
A related Greek word family of birth, lineage, and coming into being.
The Greek noun for “generation” belongs to the same word family as the verb rendered “be fulfilled,” whose sense includes “come to be.” English makes the generation and the fulfillment sound separate; the Greek echo binds the span to what comes into being within it.
ALSO GROWS
genos: Kind, stock, or family line.
γένος
This branch shows how “generation” can name a people joined by birth or descent, as well as a span of time.
ginomai: To become, happen, or come into being.
γίνομαι
The verb translated “be fulfilled” is a form of this word, so the verse’s “generation” and “come to be” carry a shared echo.
THE PATTERN
What is spoken reaches its coming-to-be; the passage of time does not make the word void.
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.THE THREAD
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.The Greek verb rendered “pass away” here is the same verb used for the generation in the verse above. Its repetition shifts the scale from one generation to heaven and earth, while the spoken words remain.
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