What Does John 4:25 Mean in the King James?
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
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 verse names the Anointed One by the work of disclosure: he comes to make all things known.
THE MEANING
You can carry unanswered questions without being outside the reach of truth. The one named as Anointed is known by this promise: he will make all things known.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that you must already have every answer before you can recognize the one who brings them.
THE ROOT
Χριστός
christos
GROWS FROM
χρί-
To anoint, apply oil.
“Christ” in this verse is christos. The title Χριστός (Christos, Anointed One) describes a nature, not a surname. The woman pairs it with Μεσσίας (Messias, Messiah), the Greek form of מָשִׁיחַ (mashiach, anointed one), so two language forms converge on the same nature.
ALSO GROWS
chriō: To anoint.
χρίω
This verb names the action from which the title Χριστός is formed.
chrisma: Anointing.
χρῖσμα
This branch makes visible the shared root between the anointing and the one called Anointed.
ἀναγγελεῖ
anangelei
GROWS FROM
ἀγγελ-
Announce, report, make known.
“tell” in this verse is anangelei. The word carries the sense of announcing what is to be made known. Its root appears in the verse’s expectation that the Anointed One will bring the whole matter into view.
ALSO GROWS
angellō: To announce, report.
ἀγγέλλω
This verb shares the announcing stem and brings out the active force behind “tell.”
angelia: Message, announcement.
ἀγγελία
This noun shows the announcement as something delivered and made available to others.
THE PATTERN
Recognition can come before complete understanding; disclosure brings the rest into view.
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.THE THREAD
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.John 4:25 uses ἀναγγελεῖ (anangelei, will announce); John 16:13 repeats the same Greek verb for showing what is to come. The shared root ties the promise of making all things known to a continuing movement of disclosure.
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