What Does Acts 28:12 Mean in the King James?
And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
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 word for “tarried” carries the sense of remaining, so this pause belongs to the journey rather than standing outside it.
THE MEANING
A journey can include a real interval of staying; arrival does not require immediate departure. The three days at Syracuse hold a pause within a larger passage onward, giving the stop its own place in the movement.
THE ROOT
ἐπεμείναμεν
epemeinamen
GROWS FROM
μένω
menō
to remain, stay, or abide
The verb rendered “tarried” carries the sense of remaining. Its word family reaches from staying to abiding and even a dwelling, giving this brief interval the language of presence as well as time.
ALSO GROWS
epimenō: remain, stay, continue
ἐπιμένω
This compound verb appears in the verse; its core is the idea of remaining.
monē: dwelling, place to stay
μονή
This related noun gives remaining a place and shape, extending the root’s sense from a pause to a dwelling.
THE PATTERN
A journey can keep its direction while including a real interval of rest or remaining.
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.THE THREAD
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.The verb for staying at Syracuse shares its root with the verb rendered “abide” here. In Acts it names a literal pause on a journey; in John, the same root describes continuing within a living relationship.
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