What Does John 11:8 Mean in the King James?
His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
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 stoning grows from the Greek word for stone, making the threat here physical rather than abstract.
THE MEANING
The danger named here is bodily and specific: stoning is the threat. The disciples’ question about going again keeps that danger fully present beside the return.
THE ROOT
λιθάσαι
lithasai
GROWS FROM
λιθ
lith
Stone; this stem forms both the word for a stone and the verb for stoning.
The Greek verb λιθάζω (lithazō), “to stone,” shares its stem with λίθος (lithos), “stone.” English separates the object from the act, while the Greek family makes the threat tangible: the stone itself becomes the instrument of violence.
ALSO GROWS
lithos: stone
λίθος
The noun names the object that gives the threat its physical force.
lithazō: to stone
λιθάζω
The verb names what people threaten to do with that object.
THE PATTERN
The text names stoning as physical danger rather than leaving hostility abstract.
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.THE THREAD
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.John 10:31 repeats the same Greek verb for stoning, linking this warning to another physical threat in the Gospel. The shared word-family keeps the danger concrete and recurring.
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