What Does Luke 24:47 Mean in the King James?
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
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 proclamation joins turning with release: what misses the mark can be let go in the nature of the one whose name is spoken.
THE MEANING
Turning and release are held together: the direction changes, and what misses the mark is let go. This message reaches every people in his nature, beginning at Jerusalem.
THE ROOT
ἄφεσιν
aphesin
GROWS FROM
ἀφίημι
aphiēmi
Release, send away, let go.
“Remission” carries the sense of release: the missing is let go rather than made a permanent name. In Luke 4:18, this same word names liberty for captives, joining release from sin with freedom from bondage.
ALSO GROWS
aphiēmi: Release, let go, send away.
ἀφίημι
This related verb makes remission an act of letting go.
aphesis: Release, remission, liberty.
ἄφεσις
The same noun names release for captives in Luke 4:18, linking forgiveness with freedom.
ἁμαρτιῶν
hamartiōn
GROWS FROM
ἁμαρτάνω
hamartanō
To miss, fail to reach, or go astray.
The English “sins” can sound like a sealed inventory of offenses; the root sense of missing opens it as a departure from the mark. Paired with release, the verse speaks of that missing as something that can be let go.
ALSO GROWS
hamartia: Missing; a miss or error.
ἁμαρτία
The related noun presents sin as missing the mark, rather than as a separate identity.
hamartanō: To miss, err, or do wrong.
ἁμαρτάνω
The verb presents missing as something met here with a turn and release.
μετάνοιαν
metanoian
GROWS FROM
μετανοέω
metanoeō
To turn or change the mind; a reorientation.
“Repentance” carries a turn in thought and direction, not simply sorrow or a label of regret. Beside release, it names movement away from the miss together with the letting go of it.
ALSO GROWS
metanoeō: Turn; change one’s mind.
μετανοέω
This related verb gives the noun’s turning an active direction.
metanoia: Turning; a change of mind.
μετάνοια
This is the noun form in the verse; paired with remission, it holds turning and release together.
THE PATTERN
Turning toward God is joined to release from what misses the mark, and this message reaches beyond one people.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.THE THREAD
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,The same Greek noun ἄφεσις (aphesis, release) translated “remission” here is rendered “deliverance” and “liberty” in Luke 4:18. One word joins release from missing with freedom for captives.
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