What Does Luke 5:26 Mean in the King James?
And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
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 Greek word for their “strange things” shares its root with “glorified”: what exceeds expectation makes God’s weight visible.
THE MEANING
When the man who could not walk stands before you, amazement and fear fill the room together. The witnesses give God glory because what they see exceeds the frame they brought to it; the verse lets the fear remain alongside their recognition.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that what seems impossible is the final measure of what can happen gives way as the witnesses see a reality beyond their expectation.
THE ROOT
παράδοξα
paradoxa
GROWS FROM
δοξ- (dox-), from δόξα (doxa)
Expectation or opinion in paradoxa; honor and weight in doxazō.
“strange things / glorified” in this verse is paradoxa. The same dox- word-family runs through “strange things” and “glorified”: paradoxa names what exceeds expectation, while doxazō means to give weight. The Greek holds their astonishment and praise together; English separates the wonder from what it reveals.
ALSO GROWS
paradoxa: Unexpected or extraordinary things; literally, what goes beyond expectation.
παράδοξα
This is the word behind “strange things,” naming what exceeds the witnesses’ usual frame.
doxazō: To honor, glorify, give weight.
δοξάζω
This word-family names the witnesses’ response to what they see: they give God weight.
THE PATTERN
An encounter that exceeds expectation draws out awe, recognition, or praise.
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.THE THREAD
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.Fear and glorifying God appear together in both verses. The shared Greek word doxazō, “to glorify, give weight”, links their response to what exceeds expectation.
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