What Does Luke 4:44 Mean in the King James?
And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
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 word is a herald’s announcement carried into communities gathered to hear it.
THE MEANING
The announcement reaches people where they gather, making its hearing shared and public. Its movement across Galilee shows the word carried into many communities.
THE ROOT
κηρύσσων
kērýssōn
GROWS FROM
κηρύσσω
kērýssō
to proclaim as a herald
English “preached” can sound like a kind of religious speech; κηρύσσω names a herald’s public announcement. Its word family includes both the messenger and the message, so proclamation is voiced into shared space.
ALSO GROWS
kēryx: herald
κῆρυξ
The herald is the one who carries the announcement named by the verb.
kḗrygma: proclamation, announced message
κήρυγμα
This branch names the message itself, linking the public act of proclaiming with what is proclaimed.
συναγωγάς
synagōgás
GROWS FROM
ἄγω
ágō
to lead or bring
“synagogues” in this verse is synagōgás. The word for synagogue carries the sense of bringing people together. The plural makes the setting a network of gathered communities, each a place where the announcement can be heard.
ALSO GROWS
synágō: gather, bring together
συνάγω
This verb makes explicit the gathering carried within the name of the place.
synagōgḗ: assembly, gathering
συναγωγή
This noun names the gathered community where the proclamation is heard.
THE PATTERN
A message is proclaimed where people gather so that its hearing becomes shared.
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.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,Luke 4:18 gives the content of the heralding named in 4:44: deliverance, sight restored, and freedom for the bruised. The same Greek verb, κηρύσσω (kērýssō), connects that announcement to its proclamation among gathered people.
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