King James Version
Matthew 16:28 in the King James Version says “Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming ...” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Matthew 16:28 · KJV
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Verily”
G281properly, firm, i.e., (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjection, so be it)
“I say”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“standing”
G2476to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“shall”
G1089to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill)
“of death”
G2288(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
“they see”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“the Son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“coming”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“kingdom”
G932properly, royalty, i.e., (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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