What Does Luke 24:30 Mean in the King James?
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to 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 bread’s blessing reaches beyond the words spoken over it: it is broken into what can be given to others.
THE MEANING
You meet blessing here as something that moves through the hands: bread is taken, blessed, broken, and given to those at the table. It becomes provision for others through the act of being broken and shared.
THE ROOT
κλάσας
klásas
GROWS FROM
κλα-
kla-
To break, especially bread.
“brake” in this verse is klásas. The same Greek seed names the breaking itself and the broken pieces. The loaf’s breaking is not separate from its becoming shareable: the break-root also gives the word for the fragments left after a meal.
ALSO GROWS
klásis: Breaking; the breaking of bread.
κλάσις
This noun shares the root of “brake”; the single act and the repeated practice of breaking bread grow from the same seed.
klásma: A broken piece, a fragment.
κλάσμα
This word for a fragment comes from the same break-root, linking the broken loaf with the pieces that can be passed around.
ἐπεδίδου
epedídou
GROWS FROM
δο-/δω- (do-/dō-)
To give or grant; this root appears in the Greek verb δίδωμι (dídōmi, to give).
“gave” in this verse is epedídou. The form here is imperfect, presenting the giving as ongoing. The same give-root appears in words for handing over and giving back, showing this final act as something moving into another’s keeping.
ALSO GROWS
paradídōmi: To hand over, deliver.
παραδίδωμι
It combines the give-root with the sense of handing something into another’s possession.
apodídōmi: To give back, return, repay.
ἀποδίδωμι
The give-root also names something being returned to another, keeping the focus on what passes from hand to hand.
εὐλόγησεν
eulógēsen
GROWS FROM
λογ-
log-
The word-family of speech and words; with εὖ (eû, well), εὐλογέω means to speak well of or pronounce a blessing.
The Greek word keeps speech inside the act of blessing. Here the spoken blessing stands within a larger movement: bread is taken, blessed, broken, and given.
ALSO GROWS
lógos: Word, message, account.
λόγος
This word shares the speech-family within εὐλογέω, making blessing a spoken act.
eulogía: Blessing; a good word or pronouncement.
εὐλογία
This noun grows from the same word-family and names the blessing spoken over the bread.
THE PATTERN
Blessing becomes visible when provision moves from one hand into the hands of others.
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?THE THREAD
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.The same root, κλάω (kláō, to break), stands between thanks and giving in Luke 22:19. There the bread is named as his body given for you, opening this meal’s sequence into a gift that is shared.
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