What Does Acts 28:23 Mean in the King James?
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
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
Here, “kingdom” carries God’s active governance: the long scriptural argument about Jesus reveals how that governance takes shape.
THE MEANING
God’s governance is not remote from the reader; it can be traced through the words of Moses and the prophets. Jesus is held within that whole scriptural testimony, and understanding grows as the evidence is unfolded and weighed. The day stretching from morning to evening gives the search its full span.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that Jesus stands apart from the scriptural testimony through which God’s governance becomes visible.
THE ROOT
βασιλεία
basileia
GROWS FROM
βασιλ-
basil-
Royal rule or authority.
“kingdom” in this verse is basileia. The word holds both realm and reign; its shared stem with “king” and “to reign” brings active governance into view alongside the realm. Here, the conversation traces how God’s rule is made visible through Moses and the prophets in relation to Jesus.
ALSO GROWS
basileus: King
βασιλεύς
This branch names the ruler whose authority gives shape to the governance described here.
basileuō: To reign or rule as king
βασιλεύω
This verbal branch makes the idea active: God’s governance is a rule being exercised, not only a place being named.
THE PATTERN
God’s governance is disclosed as Scripture names it and testimony traces it toward Jesus.
The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.THE THREAD
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:Acts 1:3 uses the same noun, βασιλεία (basileia, governance or kingdom), for the subject of Jesus’ speaking. That shared word shows the long inquiry here tracing God’s active rule through Scripture toward Jesus.
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