What Does Luke 7:13 Mean in the King James?
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
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 Lord’s compassion begins with seeing: he moves toward her grief before she asks for anything.
THE MEANING
When grief closes around you, this verse shows the Lord seeing you before you ask and meeting you with compassion and direct address. “Weep not” is spoken beside the act that follows, so it carries his approach to the loss rather than a demand to pretend it does not hurt.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
You have to ask correctly before the Lord sees your grief.
THE ROOT
σπλαγχνίζομαι
splagchnizomai
GROWS FROM
σπλαγχν-
splagchn-
Inward parts; the inner organs, pictured as the seat of deep feeling.
The verb translated “had compassion” comes from a word for the inward parts, picturing compassion as something felt deep within. Its word family also describes tenderheartedness, revealing an inner movement toward the person seen, not detached pity.
ALSO GROWS
splagchna: Inward parts; deep affections.
σπλάγχνα
The image behind the compassion verb makes the Lord’s response to her grief visceral.
eusplagchnos: Tenderhearted; compassionate.
εὔσπλαγχνος
This branch shows the same inward quality expressed as a tender disposition toward another.
THE PATTERN
Compassion sees suffering and moves toward the person who bears it.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.THE THREAD
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,Luke uses the same Greek compassion verb here: seeing the injured man stirs the inward movement described in Luke 7:13. In both verses, compassion begins with seeing someone in distress.
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