What Does Luke 1:23 Mean in the King James?
And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
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 days are not merely over; they are filled, and only then does the way home open.
THE MEANING
Your time of service has a measure; it reaches fullness rather than claiming the whole of you. When that measure is full, going home is part of the movement, and your own life receives you again.
THE ROOT
ἐπλήσθησαν
eplēsthēsan
GROWS FROM
πλη-/πληθ- (plē-/plēth-)
Fill; bring to fullness.
The verb translated “accomplished” means “were filled.” The days of service reach their fullness, and that fullness marks the threshold of Zechariah’s return home.
ALSO GROWS
plērēs: full
πλήρης
This related word shows fullness as a reached condition, not simply time running out.
plērōma: fullness; that which fills
πλήρωμα
It echoes the verse’s sense that the appointed days have reached their full measure.
plēroō: fill; fulfill
πληρόω
This verb family makes “fulfillment” carry the image of something brought to fullness.
THE PATTERN
When an appointed season reaches its full measure, departure carries people into the next place of life.
And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.THE THREAD
Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.Luke uses the same Greek verb of filling for Elisabeth’s time to give birth and Zechariah’s days of service. The same fullness marks two thresholds: service gives way to home, and pregnancy gives way to birth.
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