What Does Luke 10:9 Mean in the King James?
And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
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
God’s governance becomes tangible in healing care: the kingdom is declared near as the sick are tended.
THE MEANING
The weakened receive care where the governance of God is declared near. That nearness speaks to your bodily vulnerability now: the verse holds healing and God’s presence in one movement.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that God’s reign is remote from bodily vulnerability, or that healing and divine presence belong in separate realms.
THE ROOT
θεραπεύω
therapeuō
GROWS FROM
θεραπευ-
to attend to, care for, serve; by extension, to heal
The verb translated “heal” also carries the sense of attending to or caring for someone. The verse presents healing as care brought close to the person who is sick, not as a distant idea.
ALSO GROWS
therapeia: care, service, treatment, healing
θεραπεία
This related word keeps healing connected to care and attention.
therapōn: attendant, servant
θεράπων
This branch shows the same word family describing one who attends to another.
βασιλεία
basileia
GROWS FROM
βασιλ-
kingly rule, royal authority, reign
“kingdom” in this verse is basileia. Basileia can mean active rule or reign, not only a territory. Here, care for the sick makes the governance of God perceptibly near: the announcement names what the healing embodies.
ALSO GROWS
basileus: king
βασιλεύς
This related word names the one whose authority basileia expresses.
basileuō: to reign, rule as king
βασιλεύω
This verb makes the active sense of basileia clear: rule in operation.
THE PATTERN
God’s nearness becomes visible when the weakened are restored, joining the announcement of divine rule to care for bodies.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.THE THREAD
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.Matthew uses the same Greek verb, θεραπεύω (therapeuō), for “heal,” beside the announcement that the kingdom is at hand. The shared wording opens Luke’s verse further: healing care is part of how the kingdom’s nearness is expressed.
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