What Does Acts 8:5 Mean in the King James?
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
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
Philip announces the Anointed One, a title that carries the act of anointing inside it.
THE MEANING
The announcement moves toward people in Samaria, naming the one who is anointed. The verse meets you with that same movement: the Anointed One is proclaimed where you are.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The Anointed One belongs only among familiar people and in familiar places.
THE ROOT
Χριστόν
Christon
GROWS FROM
χρίω
To anoint.
“Christ” in this verse is Christon. Χριστός (Christos, “Anointed One”) grows from χρίω (chriō, “to anoint”), so the title carries an action within it. Philip’s proclamation makes that identity known: the one being announced is the Anointed One.
ALSO GROWS
chriō: To anoint.
χρίω
The verb beneath “Christ” makes the title vivid: it names the one who is anointed.
chrisma: Anointing.
χρῖσμα
This related noun shows the same root as an act or imparted anointing, rather than a mere label.
ἐκήρυσσεν
ekēryssen
GROWS FROM
κηρύσσω
To announce publicly as a herald.
“preached” in this verse is ekēryssen. The verb pictures a public announcement carried to its hearers. Philip is not simply speaking about the Anointed One; he is heralding him to the people there.
ALSO GROWS
kēryx: Herald.
κῆρυξ
The related word names the person who carries a public announcement, illuminating the role Philip takes in the verse.
kērygma: Proclamation, the message announced.
κήρυγμα
This noun names the announcement itself, showing how the verb’s public act becomes a message people can hear.
THE PATTERN
The message travels outward through public announcement, reaching people where they are.
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!THE THREAD
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,Luke uses χρίω (chriō, “to anoint”), the root behind Χριστός (Christos, “Anointed One”), and places that anointing beside the announcement of good news. This opens Philip’s sentence further: “Christ” names the one whose anointing is bound to a message carried to people.
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