What Does Luke 10:6 Mean in the King James?
And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
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
Peace does not disappear when refused; it returns to the one who carried it.
THE MEANING
You carry wholeness as a presence that can settle on a household. Where no one there is open to it, that same wholeness returns to you; an unwelcome does not make it vanish.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A failed welcome does not mean the wholeness you carry has been lost.
THE ROOT
εἰρήνη
eirēnē
GROWS FROM
εἰρην-
eirēn-
The Greek word-family stem for peace, concord, and wholeness.
The verse uses the same word for the peace you carry and the peace that settles on the house. Wholeness moves as a presence: it can find a place to rest, and it can return to its bearer.
ALSO GROWS
eirēnopoios: Peacemaker.
εἰρηνοποιός
This word joins peace with making: wholeness is something that can be carried into relationships.
eirēnopoieō: To make peace.
εἰρηνοποιέω
The same word-family can name peace as an action, while this verse shows it as a presence that settles or returns.
ἐπαναπαήσεται
epanapaēsetai
GROWS FROM
παύω
pauō
To cease, stop, or bring to rest.
The verb translated “rest” pictures peace settling onto a place. Its return is not the loss of peace but its movement back to the one who bears it.
ALSO GROWS
anapauō: To give rest or rest.
ἀναπαύω
This related verb makes rest a settling or easing, the way peace settles on the welcoming house.
katapauō: To bring to rest or cause to cease.
καταπαύω
This branch echoes the verse’s picture of peace finding a place where it can remain.
THE PATTERN
Wholeness is given as a presence that can take up residence and govern a life.
The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.THE THREAD
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.Luke’s peace settles on a house or returns to its bearer; here Jesus names peace as something he gives and leaves with you. Both verses use εἰρήνη (eirēnē), wholeness that remains a gift even when a particular welcome is absent.
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