What Does John 4:44 Mean in the King James?
For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
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 exposes honor as a valuation others assign, not the measure of what the prophet is worth.
THE MEANING
A prophet carries a true word even when those closest fail to value it. Their lack of honor describes how they receive the prophet; it does not determine the prophet’s worth.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that if those who know you best do not value what you carry, it must have little worth.
THE ROOT
τιμήν
timēn
GROWS FROM
τιμ
tim-
Value, worth, or price; by extension, the honor given to someone or something.
“honour” in this verse is timēn. Here, honor is not merely applause; it is the assigning of value. The same root can describe what is precious, exposing a split between the prophet’s worth and the hometown’s valuation.
ALSO GROWS
timaō: To value or honor.
τιμάω
This verb makes honor an act of assigning value, clarifying what the hometown withholds.
timios: Valuable or precious.
τίμιος
This branch shows that the root names worth itself, which can remain even when a person is not honored.
THE PATTERN
A person or thing can retain its worth even when those nearest to it fail to recognize it.
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.He came unto his own, and his own received him not.But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.THE THREAD
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,The Greek word rendered “honour” here is the same word rendered “precious” in 1 Peter. The contrast makes recognition visible as a judgment of value: rejection does not erase the worth others can see.
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