What Does Luke 1:71 Mean in the King James?
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
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
Luke’s word for being “saved” belongs to the same Greek word family used for being “made whole,” so deliverance carries restoration within it.
THE MEANING
The verse names the hostility plainly and also names the possibility of being brought out from under its reach. The hand of those who hate you does not have to be the final shape of your life; deliverance opens the way to restoration.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that the hatred directed at you gets to define your future or keep you permanently in its grasp is undone.
THE ROOT
σωτηρίας
sōtērias
GROWS FROM
σωζ- (sōz-, the σῴζω word-family stem)
To rescue or deliver; depending on context, to preserve or make well.
“saved” in this verse is sōtērias. Luke’s word here, σωτηρίας (sōtērias, “deliverance”), belongs to the same word family as σῴζω (sōzō, “rescue” or “make well”). In Luke 8:48, that family describes a woman being made whole, joining deliverance from danger with restoration.
ALSO GROWS
sōtēr: Deliverer, savior
σωτήρ
This cognate names the one who brings out; the agent and the act of deliverance share a word family.
sesōken: Has made whole, has healed
σέσωκεν
Luke 8:48 uses this form when Jesus tells a woman she has been made whole; the same word family can describe healing as well as rescue.
THE PATTERN
Deliverance brings people out from under the reach of hostile power.
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:THE THREAD
And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.Luke uses σέσωκεν (sesōken, “has made whole”) here, a form of σῴζω (sōzō, “rescue” or “make well”), the word family behind σωτηρίας (sōtērias, “deliverance”) in Luke 1:71. One word family can name bodily healing and release from hostile power, letting deliverance carry restoration within it.
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