What Does Luke 21:10 Mean in the King James?
Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
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 Greek verb translated “rise” is also used for being raised from the dead; the surrounding words determine whether that rising turns toward conflict or life.
THE MEANING
The verse names public upheaval in which peoples and realms of rule rise against one another. Its repeated “against” makes the collision visible at two scales: nation and kingdom.
THE ROOT
ἐγερθήσεται
egerthēsetai
GROWS FROM
ἐγείρω
egeirō
To rouse or raise; also to wake or get up.
“rise” in this verse is egerthēsetai. The verb carries the sense of rising or being raised, while “against” gives that rising its direction here. The same verb family describes Jesus being raised in Luke 24:6, showing that the verb itself does not dictate whether the rising brings conflict or life.
ALSO GROWS
egeirō: To rouse, wake, or raise.
ἐγείρω
This is the verb’s dictionary form and reveals the movement beneath “shall rise.”
ēgerthē: Was raised; rendered “is risen” in Luke 24:6.
ἠγέρθη
The same verb family describes Jesus’ rising, making the direction of the action depend on its context.
THE PATTERN
Collective conflict can reproduce itself across peoples, cities, and kingdoms.
And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.THE THREAD
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,Luke 21:10 and Luke 24:6 use forms of the same verb, ἐγείρω (egeirō), meaning to rouse or raise. Here nations rise against one another; there Jesus is raised, so the shared verb names the rising while each clause gives it direction.
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