What Does Luke 17:18 Mean in the King James?
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
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 one called an outsider is the only one whose return makes God’s weight visible.
THE MEANING
Restoration can reach you while your attention keeps moving past its source. Recognition appears as a turn back: the one marked as outside is the one found giving God weight.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The assumption that God is recognized most faithfully by those who belong to the expected group gives way before the stranger who returns.
THE ROOT
ὑποστρέφω
hypostrephō
GROWS FROM
στρεφ-
streph-
To turn or turn back.
“returned” in this verse is hypostrephō. The return is a direction of the body, not just a thought or a thank-you spoken afterward. The word makes recognition a turning toward the one who has restored you.
ALSO GROWS
epistrephō: Turn back, turn toward.
ἐπιστρέφω
It shows the shared root’s movement toward someone or something.
apostrephō: Turn away, turn aside.
ἀποστρέφω
Its opposite movement sharpens the verse’s question: who turns back?
δόξα
doxa
GROWS FROM
δοκ- / δοξ- (dok- / dox-)
The Greek word family carries the sense of what is regarded or recognized; here, God’s weight is what the returning man recognizes.
“Glory” can sound like praise sent upward, but the verse also shows recognition: the return gives God weight. The movement back toward God makes that recognition visible.
ALSO GROWS
dokeō: Seem, think, or reckon.
δοκέω
This related word draws attention to what is regarded or acknowledged.
doxazō: Glorify, honor, or recognize as worthy.
δοξάζω
This verb makes the recognition named by doxa explicit.
ἀλλογενής
allogenēs
GROWS FROM
γεν- (gen-), joined with ἄλλος (allos, other)
γεν- carries the sense of birth, kind, or people; the compound means one belonging to another people.
“stranger” in this verse is allogenēs. The word marks someone as belonging elsewhere, yet this is the one found turning back. The boundary label does not determine who recognizes God’s weight; the return does.
ALSO GROWS
genos: Kind, people, or lineage.
γένος
It names the people or kind to which someone belongs, the very boundary implied by “stranger.”
genesis: Birth, origin, or coming into being.
γένεσις
It shares the root’s language of origin and belonging.
THE PATTERN
A received good becomes recognition when attention turns back toward its source.
What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.THE THREAD
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,This verse joins the same two movements: turning back and giving God glory. It makes clear that recognition is not separate from the return; the turn itself gives God’s weight voice.
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