What Does Luke 11:22 Mean in the King James?
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
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 stronger one strips away the complete armament the guardian trusted, then turns the guardian’s spoils into another’s possession.
THE MEANING
You meet this verse wherever a power appears secure because it is armed and guarded: a stronger presence can still overcome it. The defense it relied on can be taken away, and what it held can pass into other hands.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie this undoes is that a force with enough defenses cannot be overcome; the armor it trusts can itself be taken.
THE ROOT
πανοπλίαν
panoplian
GROWS FROM
πανοπλία (panoplia), from πᾶς (pas, all) + ὅπλον (hoplon, weapon)
The complete set of weapons or full armament.
“armour” in this verse is panoplian. The word points to the entire kit, not a single piece of protection. The stronger one takes all of it, reaching the whole defense the guardian trusted.
ALSO GROWS
pas: All, the whole.
πᾶς
This part of the compound gives the armor its sense of completeness.
hoplon: Weapon, implement.
ὅπλον
This part names the equipment gathered into the full armament.
ἐπεποίθει
epepoithei
GROWS FROM
πείθω
peithō
To persuade or bring to confidence; in related forms, to be persuaded and trust.
“trusted” in this verse is epepoithei. The Greek word family holds persuasion and confidence together: what he trusts is what has convinced him he is secure. The verse shows that this confidence rests on armor that can be stripped away.
ALSO GROWS
peithō: Persuade, convince.
πείθω
It names the movement by which confidence takes hold.
pepoitha: Be persuaded, trust, be confident.
πέποιθα
This related form shows confidence as persuasion that has settled into reliance.
THE PATTERN
A stronger one defeats a secured power, takes what it relied on, and turns its hold into another’s possession.
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.THE THREAD
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.“Whole armour” uses the same Greek term, πανοπλία (panoplia), meaning complete armament. Luke shows the guardian’s full armament being taken; Ephesians speaks of a complete armament whose source is God.
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