What Does Luke 15:3 Mean in the King James?
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
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
A parable sets an image beside you, letting what you can see reveal what is otherwise hidden.
THE MEANING
This saying places an image beside you so a hidden truth can become visible through comparison. The parable that follows is a lens for seeing what is happening within you now.
THE ROOT
παραβολή
parabolē
GROWS FROM
βαλ- (from βάλλω)
To throw or cast; with παρά, to place alongside.
“Parable” names more than a kind of story: its Greek word carries the image of placing one thing beside another. The comparison lets an ordinary image disclose a truth that direct explanation may leave unseen.
ALSO GROWS
ballō: To throw or cast.
βάλλω
This is the core action inside the word: the parable casts an image into view.
paraballō: To place beside; to compare.
παραβάλλω
This compound makes the parable’s movement plain: one thing is set alongside another so their likeness can be perceived.
THE PATTERN
Truth becomes perceptible when a visible image is placed beside what is hidden.
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.THE THREAD
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:Matthew uses the same Greek word, παραβολή (parabolē), translated “parables.” Luke introduces one image placed beside the hearer; Matthew shows how this form of speech makes truth visible through comparison.
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