What Does Luke 24:40 Mean in the King James?
And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
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 words become visible in the body: recognition happens through the hands and feet he shows.
THE MEANING
Speech gives way to a visible body: he shows his hands and feet. The verse locates recognition in embodied presence, where what is said can be seen in the one who speaks.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the assumption that words alone make a person recognizable; here, recognition is joined to the body.
THE ROOT
ἐπέδειξεν
epedeixen
GROWS FROM
δεικ-
deik-
to show, point out, make visible
“shewed” in this verse is epedeixen. The Greek word belongs to the same family as words for demonstration and example: what is shown is put forward for inspection. The verse moves from spoken words to visible evidence, making identity legible through the body.
ALSO GROWS
apodeixis: A showing that establishes or demonstrates something.
ἀπόδειξις
It makes clear that this word family can carry the sense of making a claim visible for recognition.
deigma: Something displayed as a sample or example.
δεῖγμα
Like the hands and feet here, it is something made visible so it can be seen and considered.
THE PATTERN
A spoken message becomes recognizable when it is joined to something visible.
And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;THE THREAD
And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.Luke and John use forms of δείκνυμι (deiknymi, “to show”). In both verses, the visible hands anchor recognition in the embodied presence before them.
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