What Does John 12:18 Mean in the King James?
For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.
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 translated “miracle” also means “sign”: the event points beyond itself, and its report carries that pointer into new encounters.
THE MEANING
A report of a sign can gather you toward an encounter: the act points beyond itself to the nature of the one who does it. Hearing carries that pointer beyond the moment of seeing, so recognition can begin in you before you witness the act firsthand.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that a sign is only spectacle, exhausted by the moment it happens.
THE ROOT
σημεῖον
sēmeion
GROWS FROM
σῆμα
sēma
mark, sign, token
“miracle” in this verse is sēmeion. The Greek word carries the sense of a marker: the act is not only extraordinary but points beyond itself. The report lets that pointer travel to people who did not see the act firsthand.
ALSO GROWS
sēmainō: to indicate or make something known
σημαίνω
A sign communicates beyond the event itself; its meaning can be heard and recognized.
sēmeioō: to mark or signal
σημειόω
This branch keeps the image of a visible marker, helping show why the act directs attention beyond itself.
THE PATTERN
A sign makes a reality perceptible and carries its meaning toward recognition.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:THE THREAD
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.This verse gives the signs their direction: they awaken trust and open into life through Jesus’ name, as his nature made known. The crowd’s meeting is a beginning of recognition, not merely a response to spectacle.
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