What Does John 13:31 Mean?
So when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now the Son of Man is clothed in weight, and God is clothed in weight in him.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.THE KEY
God’s weight becomes visible within the Son of Man.
THE MEANING
The verse places God’s weight within the Son of Man, where it is seen. Its “now” marks a moment of disclosure: what is truly weighty stands in the open through him.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the assumption that God’s weight appears only apart from human life: here it is made visible in the Son of Man.
THE ROOT
ἐδοξάσθη
edoxasthē
GROWS FROM
δοξάζω (doxazō, glorify) ← δόξα (doxa, weight/glory)
In this biblical usage, weight, honor, and worth becoming manifest and recognized.
“is clothed in weight” in this verse is edoxasthē. The English “glorified” carries honor and splendor; the root adds the image of weight made manifest. Heard alongside כָּבוֹד (kavod, weight), the two clauses let the Son’s and God’s weight be seen together.
ALSO GROWS
doxa: Weight or honor made manifest.
δόξα
This noun names what the verb says is revealed in the Son and in God.
endoxos: Esteemed, honorable, or glorious.
ἔνδοξος
This related adjective describes what bears recognized weight, echoing the Son as bearer of God’s weight.
THE PATTERN
God’s weight becomes visible through the one who bears it.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens recount the weight of God; and the expanse sets forth the work of his hands.And whatever you ask in my nature, this I will do, so that the Father may be given weight in the Son.For God, who said, Light shall shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of knowing the weight of God in the face of Jesus, the Anointed One.THE THREAD
Jesus answered them and said, The hour has come that the Son of Man should be clothed in weight.The same verb names the Son of Man’s glorification in both verses. John 12:23 calls it the hour; here, “now” marks that same disclosure.
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