What Does Acts 3:6 Mean in the King James?

Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

Acts 3:6 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

With no silver or gold, the man is addressed in Jesus’ nature, and the command calls his body from stillness into movement.

THE MEANING

This verse speaks to you where lack seems to set a limit: what you do not possess does not exhaust what can be given. In Jesus’ nature, the command names rising and walking as real possibilities for the body. The focus turns from what is absent to movement opening.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that only money can be given: the speaker gives what he has through the name he invokes.

THE ROOT

ὀνόματι

onomati

GROWS FROM

ὀνομα

The Greek base ⁨ὀνομα⁩ (onoma) means name and can carry the identity and represented authority of the one named.

A name here reaches beyond a spoken label to the identity and authority represented by Jesus. The command is spoken in his nature, calling the man into movement through the character Peter invokes.

ALSO GROWS

onomazō: to name, call, or identify

ὀνομάζω

This verb grows from the same name-family, showing that naming makes an identity known.

onomasía: naming or designation

ὀνομασία

This noun shares the name-family and points to the act of giving or using a name.

ἔγειρε

egeire

GROWS FROM

ἐγειρ-

The Greek stem ⁨ἐγειρ-⁩ (egeir-) means to rouse, awaken, or raise.

“rise up” in this verse is egeire. The command to rise carries the sense of being roused into action, not merely changing posture. The verse joins that awakening to walking, making restored movement visible.

ALSO GROWS

egeirō: to raise, awaken, or rouse

ἐγείρω

This is the verb’s lexical form and holds together the senses heard in the command.

egersis: a raising or rising

ἔγερσις

This noun shares the same Greek stem and makes the act of rising itself explicit.

THE PATTERN

Restoration becomes visible when the body moves from what held it down into standing, leaping, and walking.

Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

John 5:8 · KJVAs in Acts, the spoken command names rising and walking as the visible movement of restoration.

Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

Acts 14:10 · KJVThe command to stand becomes leaping and walking, again showing restoration through released movement.

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 35:6 · KJVThe lame body leaps as waters break into dry ground, joining restored movement with the opening of what was constricted.

THE THREAD

Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

John 5:8 · KJV

The Greek imperatives for “rise” (⁨ἔγειρε⁩, egeire) and “walk” (⁨περιπάτει⁩, peripatei) recur in both verses. Their shared wording puts bodily movement at the center of each command.

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