What Does John 13:27 Mean in the King James?
And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
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
In Greek, Jesus repeats the verb for “do”: Judas is already doing it, and Jesus commands him to do it swiftly.
THE MEANING
When an adversarial presence enters and an act is already in motion, this verse keeps both in view: Satan enters Judas, and Jesus tells him to do it quickly. The command stays stark; the sentence gives no explanation that dissolves its force.
THE ROOT
εἰσῆλθεν
eisēlthen
GROWS FROM
ἔρχομαι
come, go
“entered” in this verse is eisēlthen. The verb εἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai, “enter”) is built from ἔρχομαι (erchomai, “come, go”) with εἰς (“into”); the clause then repeats εἰς in “into him.” Σατανᾶς (Satanas) carries the Hebrew name sense שָׂטָן (śāṭān), “adversary”: the verse describes the adversary as entering Judas.
ALSO GROWS
eiserchomai: enter, come in
εἰσέρχομαι
This compound joins εἰς (“into”) to the root verb for coming or going, naming the movement described here.
exerchomai: go out, come out
ἐξέρχομαι
The same verb family with ἐξ (“out”) makes the contrast between entering and going out visible.
proserchomai: come near, approach
προσέρχομαι
With πρός (“toward”), the same root describes movement toward someone, widening the family of directional movements.
ποιεῖς
poieis
GROWS FROM
ποιέω
make, do
“doest” in this verse is poieis. John places ποιεῖς (poieis, “you are doing”) beside ποίησον (poiēson, “do!”), two forms of ποιέω. The repetition makes the command address an act already in progress; it is not worded as “begin an act.”
ALSO GROWS
poiēma: work, thing made
ποίημα
This noun names what is made, showing the same root moving from the act of doing to its result.
poiētēs: doer, maker
ποιητής
This noun names the one who does or makes, extending the root from an action to its agent.
τάχιον
tachion
GROWS FROM
ταχύς
swift, quick
Τάχιον is a comparative adverbial form of ταχύς, carrying the sense “more quickly” or “sooner.” Beside the repeated ποιέω, it compresses the instruction into “what you are doing, do it swiftly.”
ALSO GROWS
tacheōs: quickly, swiftly
ταχέως
This adverb shares the ταχ- stem and expresses the same quality of speed.
tachos: speed, swiftness
τάχος
This noun shares the ταχ- stem and names the speed the command calls for.
THE PATTERN
A threshold in scripture marks the point where a presence enters and changes what follows.
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.THE THREAD
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.The phrase “enter in” uses the same Greek verb family, εἰσέρχομαι, as “entered” in John 13:27. One verse describes Satan entering Judas; here a person enters through Jesus and finds pasture, while the shared verb preserves the image of entry.
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