What Does Matthew 24:36 Mean in the King James?
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
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 locates this knowledge with the Father alone: neither human certainty nor heavenly messengers possess it.
THE MEANING
The exact day and hour remain beyond the reach of every human and heavenly messenger; only the Father knows. Your uncertainty about the timing is not proof that you have missed a hidden clue.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
If you cannot identify the date, you have failed to uncover a secret that someone else can know.
THE ROOT
οἶδεν
oiden
GROWS FROM
εἴδω
eídō
Historically, οἶδα (oida, know) is the perfect form of εἴδω, with the present sense “to know.”
“knoweth” in this verse is oiden. The Greek word for knowing belongs to a family that joins knowing with seeing: historically, it carries the sense of having seen. Here, that shade sits beside a clear boundary: the Father alone knows the appointed time.
ALSO GROWS
eîdon: saw
εἶδον
This form from the same see-and-know family makes visible the connection English leaves behind.
eîdos: form, appearance
εἶδος
This related word names what is seen, keeping the family’s connection between perception and knowing in view.
THE PATTERN
When knowledge of God’s timing belongs to God alone, it remains beyond human knowing.
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.THE THREAD
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.The same Greek verb οἶδα (oida, know) appears again in “ye know not,” now placing that limit directly with the reader. The next verse turns the unknown hour toward watchfulness rather than calculation.
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