What Does John 4:47 Mean in the King James?
When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
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 Greek verb translated “heal” (ἰάσηται, iasētai, to heal) shares its stem with “healing” and “physician,” joining the requested act to the healer approached.
THE MEANING
The verse holds a parent in the moment when a child is near death: he hears of Jesus, goes to him, and asks for healing. His request imagines restoration through physical arrival, Jesus must come down to his son. Need and hope occupy the same plea.
THE ROOT
ἰάσηται
iasētai
GROWS FROM
ἰα-
The stem of ἰάομαι (iaomai), meaning to heal or cure.
English separates “heal,” “healing,” and “physician.” Greek connects them through the ἰα stem: the request for healing belongs to the same word-family as healing itself and the person who heals.
ALSO GROWS
iasis: Healing, cure
ἴασις
This noun makes the connection between the requested act and healing itself visible in the shared stem.
iatros: Physician, healer
ἰατρός
The healer’s title belongs to the same ἰα word-family as the healing the father seeks.
יֵשׁוּעַ
Yēšūaʿ
GROWS FROM
ישע
Deliver; bring out of constriction into spaciousness.
The Greek name Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous, Jesus) carries the Hebrew name Yeshua, from יָשַׁע (yasha, deliver). The father’s appeal for healing is addressed to one whose name carries deliverance as its nature.
ALSO GROWS
yeshuah: Deliverance
יְשׁוּעָה
This noun shares the ישע root and names the movement from a constricted condition into freedom.
moshia: Deliverer
מוֹשִׁיעַ
This word names the one who brings deliverance, echoing the father’s appeal to Jesus.
THE PATTERN
A healing word can reach a need without the healer crossing the physical distance.
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.THE THREAD
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.Luke uses ἰᾶσθαι (iāsthai, to heal), from the same ἰα word-family as the healing requested here. The shared root connects the father’s plea with the presence of power to heal.
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