What Does John 4:54 Mean in the King James?
This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee.
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
John calls the healing a sign: the change points beyond itself to the one present.
THE MEANING
This verse lets you see the healing as part of a sequence, not an isolated event. Its visible change also carries a message about Jesus.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the assumption that a visible change is only an outcome to observe; here, it also points beyond itself.
THE ROOT
σημεῖον
sēmeion
GROWS FROM
σημ-/σημα- (sēm-/sēma-), from σῆμα (sēma)
A sign, mark, or indication.
The Greek word translated “miracle” also means “sign,” so the healing is not only a remarkable change; it indicates something beyond itself. The same word family links a sign with the act of signifying, keeping the event and its meaning joined.
ALSO GROWS
sēma: A sign or mark that indicates something.
σῆμα
It gives σημεῖον its sense of a visible event that points beyond itself.
sēmainō: To make something known or point something out.
σημαίνω
John uses this related verb for Jesus “signifying” what kind of death he will die; the sign and what it signifies belong to one word family.
THE PATTERN
A sign makes something beyond the visible event perceptible through that event.
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.And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 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.THE THREAD
This he said, signifying what death he should die.John uses the related verb σημαίνω (sēmainō), “signifying,” to name what Jesus’ words point toward. The sign in this verse belongs to that same family of pointing: an event carries meaning beyond what is immediately seen.
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