What Does Luke 24:29 Mean in the King James?
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
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 same Greek verb turns the travelers’ request to “abide” into his act of “tarrying”: welcome becomes a place of remaining.
THE MEANING
At the edge of the day, the desire for presence becomes an open door. “Abide” and “tarry” are forms of the same Greek verb: the remaining they ask for is what happens as he enters and stays.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The day is nearly over, so the moment for welcome has passed.
THE ROOT
μεῖνον
meinon
GROWS FROM
μένω
menō
To remain, stay, or continue.
“Abide / tarry” in this verse is meinon. English gives the plea as “Abide” and the action as “tarry,” but both are forms of μένω (menō), meaning “remain.” The verse repeats one movement: they ask him to remain, and he enters in order to remain.
ALSO GROWS
meinai: To stay or remain; the infinitive form used later in this verse.
μεῖναι
The English changes from “abide” to “tarry,” while the Greek keeps the same root for their request and his response.
monē: A place of staying or dwelling.
μονή
This related noun makes visible how remaining can become a dwelling, as in John 14:23, “make our abode with him.”
THE PATTERN
A welcome turns a passing encounter into shared space.
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.THE THREAD
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.In Luke, “abide” and “tarry” are both forms of μένω, and the related noun μονή means “dwelling” or “abode.” John makes that dwelling explicit: the presence received is also the presence that makes an abode with the one who receives him.
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