What Does Acts 15:15 Mean in the King James?
And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
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 prophetic words do not merely match what is unfolding; they sound together with it.
THE MEANING
What is unfolding becomes legible as the prophetic words sound together with it. The comma leaves the sentence open, drawing attention to the writing that gives this resonance its shape.
THE ROOT
συμφωνοῦσιν
symphōnousin
GROWS FROM
φωνή (phōnē) in συμφωνέω (symphōneō), with σύν (syn)
To sound together; to be in accord.
Συμφωνοῦσιν (symphōnousin, “they agree”) joins σύν (syn, “together”) with the φωνή (phōnē, “voice” or “sound”) word family. The verse pictures prophetic words as voices sounding in accord with what is unfolding.
ALSO GROWS
phōnē: Voice; sound.
φωνή
It is the sound or voice carried within the word for agreement.
symphōnia: Accord; harmony.
συμφωνία
This related word names the harmony that arises when voices sound together.
symphōnos: Harmonious; agreeing.
σύμφωνος
It describes the state of being in accord that the verb expresses.
γέγραπται
gegraptai
GROWS FROM
γράφω
graphō
To write; to inscribe.
Γέγραπται (gegraptai, “it is written”) is a perfect form: the writing has been set down and remains standing. The prophets’ words carry an enduring witness, and the open sentence leads directly into the writing that names it.
ALSO GROWS
graphē: Writing; scripture.
γραφή
It names the writing that stands behind the verse’s appeal.
gramma: Written mark; letter.
γράμμα
It shows the root’s connection to the marks that preserve words in writing.
THE PATTERN
A truth becomes legible as distinct witnesses and scriptural voices converge around it.
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.THE THREAD
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.The verb translated “agree” is the same Greek word, συμφωνέω (symphōneō, “sound together”). In Acts, prophetic words sound together around what is unfolding; here, two people find accord, the same root gives both passages the image of voices in harmony.
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