What Does Luke 15:27 Mean in the King James?
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
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
In Greek, “safe and sound” names health: the father celebrates not just his son’s arrival, but his return in wholeness.
THE MEANING
The verse holds welcome and well-being together: the son is received back in health, and a feast follows. It speaks to you of a welcome that sees the whole person, where return means more than simply arriving.
THE ROOT
ὑγιαίνοντα
hygiainonta
GROWS FROM
ὑγι-
hyg-
healthy, sound, in good condition
The Greek word means “being healthy” or “sound.” English “safe and sound” preserves that sense, while the root brings the language of health into the father’s reception of his son: his return and well-being arrive together.
ALSO GROWS
hygiēs: healthy, sound
ὑγιής
In John 5:6, this word appears in the question “Wilt thou be made whole?” It shows the same word family describing a person’s bodily wholeness.
hygiainō: to be healthy, sound
ὑγιαίνω
The form in this verse comes from this verb, which also describes those who are “whole” and need no physician in Luke 5:31.
THE PATTERN
Restoration becomes visible when what was lost or impaired returns to life and health.
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.THE THREAD
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.The same Greek word family describes the son as healthy and the man in Acts as whole. In both verses, restored soundness is part of what others see when a person is received or stands before them.
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