What Does Luke 23:13 Mean in the King James?
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
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 hearing is already shaped by whoever decides which voices enter it.
THE MEANING
Here, authority gathers the chief priests, rulers, and people into one hearing. The public is part of the proceeding, not scenery; the summons brings these voices into the judgment together.
THE ROOT
συγκαλεσάμενος
synkalesamenos
GROWS FROM
καλέω (kaleō), joined to σύν (syn, together)
To call, summon, or invite; σύν adds the sense of together.
“called together” in this verse is synkalesamenos. English gives a procedural phrase; the Greek shows an active summons that brings people into one place. The same call-word appears in words for a calling and an assembly, revealing that this public is gathered by an act of authority.
ALSO GROWS
klēsis: A calling or summons
κλῆσις
The shared call-root shows that gathering begins with someone addressing and summoning others.
ekklēsia: Assembly
ἐκκλησία
This word for an assembly shares καλέω (kaleō, to call); here, the people likewise become a public through being called together.
THE PATTERN
Authority turns a matter into a public proceeding by summoning leaders and people into the same hearing.
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.THE THREAD
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.The Greek καλέω (kaleō, to call or summon) is the root behind “called together” here and “to call” in Matthew. In both verses, a summons gathers people and places them before a response; the shared root reveals the act of calling beneath the different scenes.
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