What Does Luke 23:10 Mean in the King James?
And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
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 for “accused” carries the sense of making a public charge, showing how accusation can gather force around a person without that force becoming proof.
THE MEANING
Accusation can arrive with the posture of authority and the sound of certainty around you. Its intensity describes how forcefully a charge is pressed; it does not establish that the charge is true.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that an accusation must be true because powerful voices press it with force.
THE ROOT
κατηγοροῦντες
katēgorountes
GROWS FROM
κατά + ἀγορεύω (katá + agoreúō)
To speak against publicly; to bring a charge against someone.
“accused” in this verse is katēgorountes. The verb is built around speaking against someone publicly, a charge made in the open. The verse shows accusation as a collective act with visible force, while leaving that force distinct from proof.
ALSO GROWS
katēgoros: A person who brings an accusation.
κατήγορος
The accuser is named by the same word family, linking the public charge to the person pressing it.
katēgoria: An accusation or formal charge.
κατηγορία
This branch names the charge itself, showing how the act of speaking against someone becomes a claim that can be examined.
THE PATTERN
A public accusation gains no truth from its force; it must be examined and established.
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.THE THREAD
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:The same Greek verb for accusation appears beside an examination that finds no fault in the charge. The shared root holds accusation and proof apart: a forcefully pressed claim still awaits scrutiny.
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