What Does Luke 13:17 Mean in the King James?
And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
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 same public act carries two answers: shame for those resisting restoration, and joy for those who see its weight.
THE MEANING
A visible act of restoration puts resistance in the light; what opponents condemn leaves them ashamed, while the people rejoice at the good they see. The deed carries enough weight to speak for itself.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that opposition can make restoration wrong simply by condemning it: the public result exposes the judgment, not the healing.
THE ROOT
ἐνδόξων
endoxōn
GROWS FROM
δοξ-
dox-
Weight, glory; the honor carried by what is seen.
“glorious things” in this verse is endoxōn. The word belongs to the δόξα (doxa, weight or glory) family. The people’s joy answers to deeds with visible weight, not to an empty claim of greatness.
ALSO GROWS
doxa: Weight; glory.
δόξα
This noun is the core of ἔνδοξος; it lets the ‘glorious things’ be heard as deeds carrying visible weight.
doxazō: To glorify; to honor.
δοξάζω
This verb expresses making that weight or honor visible, as the people’s response makes clear.
κατῃσχύνοντο
katēischunonto
GROWS FROM
αἰσχ-
aisch-
Shame, disgrace.
“were ashamed” in this verse is katēischunonto. This verb carries the sense of being put to shame, beyond a passing feeling of embarrassment. The opponents are discredited in public when the good they resist is plainly visible.
ALSO GROWS
aischynē: Shame; disgrace.
αἰσχύνη
This noun names the same shame-family that Hebrews places beside joy, sharpening the contrast in Luke.
aischros: Shameful; disgraceful.
αἰσχρός
This related word shows how the family can describe what brings dishonor, not only the feeling of shame.
ἔχαιρον
echairon
GROWS FROM
χαιρ-
chair-
Rejoicing; gladness.
“rejoiced” in this verse is echairon. The verb describes the people’s shared delight in response to what has been done. Its close relative χαρά (chara, joy) keeps the focus on gladness arising from what they witness.
ALSO GROWS
chairō: To rejoice; to be glad.
χαίρω
This is the verb’s lexical form and shows the crowd’s response as active rejoicing.
chara: Joy; gladness.
χαρά
This noun names the joy that the people share as they witness the deeds.
THE PATTERN
Visible restoration gives its witnesses joy and leaves resistance unable to erase what has plainly happened.
The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.THE THREAD
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.Hebrews uses the same shame-family, αἰσχύνη (aischynē, shame), and places it beside joy. Luke’s opponents and the rejoicing people meet the same public act from opposite sides; Hebrews makes clear that shame does not decide the worth of what is happening.
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