What Does Acts 13:33 Mean in the King James?
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
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 makes raising and begetting one unveiling: Jesus is brought forward as the Son God names.
THE MEANING
God brings the promised word to fullness by raising Jesus and naming him Son. The phrase “this day” makes that naming present: what is true of Jesus stands disclosed now, as you read.
THE ROOT
γεγέννηκά
gegenneka
GROWS FROM
γεννάω
gennaō
to beget, generate, or give birth
The word carries the image of generation, while “this day” frames it as a present declaration of the Son. English can make “begotten” sound like a distant origin; the root also connects it to a living language of birth and belonging.
ALSO GROWS
gennēma: offspring; what is produced or generated
γέννημα
This branch makes the family image inside “begotten” visible: the word belongs to the language of what comes forth.
anagennaō: to beget anew; to give new birth
ἀναγεννάω
This branch carries the same seed into the language of new birth, showing that generation can name an ongoing reality as well as an origin.
ἀναστήσας
anastēsas
GROWS FROM
ἀνίστημι
anistēmi
to stand up or raise up
“raised” in this verse is anastēsas. The verb can describe bringing someone forward as well as raising someone from the dead. Acts 13:34 uses this same word family and explicitly adds “from the dead,” so the shared root lets the two kinds of raising echo while the surrounding words distinguish them.
ALSO GROWS
anastasis: a rising; resurrection
ἀνάστασις
This branch names the rising that the same root can express, making the resurrection sense audible beneath “raised.”
exanistēmi: to rise up or stand forth
ἐξανίστημι
This related form carries the image of someone rising into view, illuminating how Jesus is brought forward in the verse.
ἐκπεπλήρωκεν
ekpeplērōken
GROWS FROM
πληρόω
plēroō
to fill or make full
“fulfilled” in this verse is ekpeplērōken. The promise is pictured as reaching fullness, not merely as a line checked off. The root connects fulfillment with fullness, so the raising and naming of Jesus appear as the promise arriving at its full expression.
ALSO GROWS
plērōma: fullness; that which fills
πλήρωμα
This branch makes the root’s image of fullness concrete and clarifies the force of “fulfilled.”
anaplēroō: to fill up or complete
ἀναπληρόω
This related form keeps completion tied to filling, echoing the verse’s picture of the promise brought to fullness.
THE PATTERN
God makes sonship visible by naming the Son in a present act of declaration.
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:THE THREAD
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.The Greek root γεννάω (gennaō), meaning to beget or give birth, appears in Acts as “begotten” and in 1 John as “born,” “begat,” and “begotten.” The shared root opens the verse’s language of sonship into a wider language of birth and belonging.
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