What Does Luke 22:3 Mean in the King James?

Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

Luke 22:3 · KJV

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 breach begins inside the circle: the one counted among the Twelve is the one the Adversary enters.

THE MEANING

The Adversary enters Judas while he is still counted among the Twelve. The verse holds inward invasion and outward belonging in the same frame: the breach is within the circle. Being part of that circle does not make Judas unreachable by the force entering him.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

Belonging to a faithful circle makes a person unreachable by destructive influence.

THE ROOT

εἰσῆλθεν

eisēlthen

GROWS FROM

εἰς

The Greek preposition ⁨εἰς⁩ (eis) means “into”; here it supplies the inward direction of the compound verb.

“entered” in this verse is eisēlthen. The form ⁨εἰσῆλθεν⁩ is from ⁨εἰσέρχομαι⁩, “to enter,” with ⁨εἰς⁩ (eis, “into”) joined to a form of ⁨ἔρχομαι⁩ (erchomai, “come or go”). The Greek makes the direction explicit: the Adversary moves into Judas. That inward entry takes place while Judas remains among the counted Twelve.

ALSO GROWS

eiserchomai: to enter, come in

εἰσέρχομαι

This is the compound verb behind ⁨εἰσῆλθεν⁩; its ⁨εἰς⁩ (eis, “into”) element marks movement inward.

eisodos: entrance, entry

εἴσοδος

Its opening ⁨εἰσ-⁩ (eis-, “into”) names the way in, echoing the verse’s emphasis on entry.

eisagō: to lead or bring in

εἰσάγω

Its ⁨εἰσ-⁩ (eis-, “into”) element marks bringing something inside, sharing the verse’s inward direction.

THE PATTERN

Destructive intent reaches the inner threshold before it appears in an outward act.

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Genesis 4:7 · KJVThe danger waits at the door before Cain’s next act, showing the inward struggle at the threshold.

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

John 13:2 · KJVThe verse places the intention to betray in Judas’s heart before the betrayal is carried out.

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Acts 5:3 · KJVThe inward filling of Ananias’s heart is joined to the lie and withholding that follow.

THE THREAD

And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

John 13:27 · KJV

John uses the same Greek form, ⁨εἰσῆλθεν⁩ (eisēlthen, “entered”), for the Adversary’s entry into Judas. Luke names the inward breach; John places that same entry beside the action that follows.

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