What Does Luke 18:43 Mean in the King James?
And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
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 miracle does not end when one person sees: his sight becomes following, and the crowd’s seeing becomes praise.
THE MEANING
When sight opens, it changes where the body goes: the man follows Jesus. What one person sees becomes visible to everyone around him, and their seeing turns into praise to God. Healing moves through one person and into a community.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Restored sight is only private relief; here it redirects the healed man’s steps and becomes a public reason for praise.
THE ROOT
ἀνέβλεψεν
anéblepsen
GROWS FROM
βλεπ-
blep-
to see, to look
“received his sight” in this verse is anéblepsen. The verb combines ἀνά (aná, “up” or “again”) with βλέπω (blépō, “see”): it can describe looking up as well as recovering sight. Here, that regained seeing becomes a direction of movement, the man follows, so sight opens into response.
ALSO GROWS
blépō: see, look
βλέπω
This is the base verb within ἀναβλέπω, keeping the phrase anchored in actual seeing.
emblépō: look at, fix one’s gaze on
ἐμβλέπω
The same stem can describe a directed gaze, showing how restored sight can now be turned toward someone.
δοξάζων
doxázōn
GROWS FROM
δοξ-
dox-
weight, worth, honor
The verb rendered “glorifying” carries the sense of giving weight or honor. That recognition accompanies the man’s following and echoes in the crowd’s praise, making God’s worth visible in movement and speech.
ALSO GROWS
dóxa: weight, honor, worth
δόξα
This related noun carries the sense of recognized worth beneath the act of glorifying.
éndoxos: honored, held in esteem, glorious
ἔνδοξος
The same stem describes someone regarded with honor, illuminating glorifying as an acknowledgment of worth.
THE PATTERN
Restored sight becomes movement and witness: what opens in one person draws others into recognition.
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.THE THREAD
And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.Mark uses the same verb, ἀναβλέπω (anablépō, “look up” or “regain sight”), and joins it to the same immediate following. The phrase “in the way” makes the link plain: sight opens into a path of response, and Luke shows that response widening into public praise.
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