What Does Acts 28:28 Mean in the King James?
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
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
God’s deliverance is not a possession to guard but a message sent outward until those beyond the boundary can hear it.
THE MEANING
God’s deliverance reaches beyond the boundaries that make some people seem outside its reach. What is sent does not remain a private possession; it becomes heard by those it reaches.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that God’s deliverance belongs only within the circle that first received it.
THE ROOT
σωτήριον
sōtḗrion
GROWS FROM
σῴζω
sōzō
To deliver, rescue, or bring safely through.
“salvation” in this verse is sōtḗrion. The Greek word names deliverance as something active: it belongs to the word family of bringing someone through. Here, that deliverance is sent across a boundary and becomes something heard, so its movement toward people beyond the familiar circle is part of the verse’s meaning.
ALSO GROWS
sōtḗr: Deliverer
σωτήρ
The word for deliverance stays connected to the one who delivers; it is not an abstract status detached from action.
sōtēría: Deliverance
σωτηρία
This related noun names the same movement of being brought through, matching the verse’s picture of deliverance going out to others.
ἀπεστάλη
apestálē
GROWS FROM
ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō), from ἀπό (apó) + στέλλω (stéllō)
To send away or dispatch; here, was sent forth.
“sent” in this verse is apestálē. The verb makes outward movement part of the sentence: God’s deliverance is dispatched beyond its point of origin. This echoes the Hebrew pattern of שָׁלַח (shālaḥ, send forth or release), though the Greek and Hebrew are distinct word families.
ALSO GROWS
apóstolos: Messenger; one who is sent
ἀπόστολος
The same Greek family links sending with the person who carries a message outward.
apostolḗ: Sending; commission
ἀποστολή
This branch names the act of dispatch itself, reinforcing that deliverance is in motion toward its hearers.
THE PATTERN
God’s deliverance crosses boundaries and becomes light and message for people beyond the familiar circle.
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.THE THREAD
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,Luke names what is seen with the same Greek word, σωτήριον (sōtḗrion, deliverance), that Acts says is sent. The movement from seeing God’s deliverance to hearing it among the nations shows one gift traveling outward through different senses.
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