What Does Luke 22:37 Mean in the King James?
For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
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 word-family behind “accomplished” and “end” shows that what concerns Jesus reaches completion in the one counted among the lawless.
THE MEANING
Here, what is written concerning Jesus reaches its completion in him, and that completion includes his being counted among the lawless. The verse holds the promised outcome together with the disgraceful category in which he is reckoned.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie it undoes is that fulfillment means being kept clear of disgrace; here, what is written reaches completion while Jesus is counted among transgressors.
THE ROOT
τελεσθῆναι
telesthēnai
GROWS FROM
τέλος (telos) / τελέω (teleō) word-family
Completion, an endpoint or goal; as a verb, to bring something to completion.
“accomplished / end” in this verse is telesthēnai. The verse puts the verb “be accomplished” and the noun “end” in one Greek word-family. The end of what concerns Jesus is its completion in him, not an unrelated cutoff.
ALSO GROWS
teleō: Complete; bring to its end.
τελέω
This is the verb behind “be accomplished” in the verse.
tetelestai: It has been completed; it is finished.
τετέλεσται
John 19:30 uses this form from the same verb family, echoing completion at the cross.
ἀνόμων
anomōn
GROWS FROM
νόμος (nomos), with privative ἀ- (a-)
νόμος means instruction, law, or an established norm; ἄνομος describes one outside it.
The Greek word ἄνομος names those as lawless, in relation to νόμος, instruction. Its word-shape gives “transgressors” the added sense of people standing outside instruction.
ALSO GROWS
nomos: Instruction; law; an established norm.
νόμος
This is the base word within ἀνόμων and clarifies the standard its label invokes.
anomia: Lawlessness; being outside the law or instruction.
ἀνομία
This related word makes explicit the condition named by ἄνομος.
ἐλογίσθη
elogisthē
GROWS FROM
λογ- (log-), in the family of λόγος (logos)
To count, calculate, reckon, or account.
“reckoned” in this verse is elogisthē. The verb is accounting language: he is entered in the same reckoning as those called lawless. It names the company assigned to him, not deeds attributed to him.
ALSO GROWS
logos: Word; statement; account.
λόγος
Its account sense illuminates the counting language in “reckoned.”
logismos: Calculation; reasoning; reckoning.
λογισμός
This related noun carries the same counting and accounting sense.
THE PATTERN
What is written reaches completion in the one counted among the lawless.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.THE THREAD
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.Luke’s τελεσθῆναι (telesthēnai, “to be completed”) and τέλος (telos, “completion” or “end”) point to the same word-family as John’s τετέλεσται (tetelestai, “it has been completed”). That shared root makes “have an end” read as arriving at completion.
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