What Does Luke 20:1 Mean in the King James?
And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,
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 good news is announced in the temple’s shared sacred space, where religious authority converges on its speaker.
THE MEANING
The good news is spoken among the people in the temple’s shared sacred space. Religious authority gathers around the speaker as the announcement goes out. The reader meets a message entering public life as those who guard religious authority come to confront it.
THE ROOT
εὐαγγελιζομένου
euangelizomenou
GROWS FROM
ἀγγελ-
angel-
announce, report, carry a message
The Greek phrase rendered “preached the gospel” is one verb: to announce good news. Its word family carries both messenger and message, making the gospel something spoken among the people, not merely a subject discussed.
ALSO GROWS
angelos: messenger
ἄγγελος
The message is carried; the good news is an announcement with a bearer.
angellō: announce, report
ἀγγέλλω
This verb names the act within the larger word: the gospel is actively announced among the people.
ἱερῷ
hierō
GROWS FROM
ἱερ-
hier-
sacred, devoted to divine service
The Greek word here names the temple precincts, including its shared gathering areas, rather than only an inner sanctuary. The announcement takes place where the people and the priests can hear it.
ALSO GROWS
hieros: sacred, consecrated
ἱερός
This branch emphasizes the set-apart character of the place where the message is announced.
hiereus: priest
ἱερεύς
The same word family links the sacred setting with the priestly authority that gathers around the speaker.
THE PATTERN
A message spoken openly among the people can bring its messenger into direct collision with religious authority.
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,THE THREAD
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,Luke 4:18 uses the same Greek verb, εὐαγγελίζω (euangelizō), meaning “announce good news,” and places that announcement beside healing, release for captives, and liberty for the bruised. The public announcement in Luke 20:1 carries this wider message of release into shared life.
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