What Does Luke 7:16 Mean in the King James?
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.
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 crowd recognizes the restored life as God’s attentive regard made present among his people.
THE MEANING
Awe rises when life returns from what seems final, and God’s attentive regard becomes recognizable among the people. They name the moment as more than a marvel: a prophet stands among them, and God has visited his people.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This overturns the belief that God has left his people unattended: they recognize God’s care in the life restored.
THE ROOT
ἐπεσκέψατο
epeskepsato
GROWS FROM
ἐπί + σκέπτομαι (epi + skeptomai)
To look upon or inspect; with ἐπί, to look in on or attend to.
The verb translated “visited” carries the sense of looking upon and attending to someone. The crowd recognizes the restored life as God’s attentive care made present among his people.
ALSO GROWS
episkopē: Careful oversight or a time of visitation.
ἐπισκοπή
It shows how this word family can describe attention that takes notice of people and their condition.
episkopos: One who watches over others.
ἐπίσκοπος
It gives the same attentive quality a personal form: visitation is care that looks in on people.
ἐδόξαζον
edoxazon
GROWS FROM
δόξα (doxa), δοξ- (dox-)
Weight, worth recognized, honor.
“glorified” in this verse is edoxazon. The crowd does not add worth to God; its praise gives voice to the weight it now recognizes. The verse moves from life restored to a shared acknowledgment of God.
ALSO GROWS
doxa: The honor or weight accorded to someone.
δόξα
It reveals what the crowd’s glorifying expresses: recognition of God’s weight in what has happened.
endoxos: Regarded with honor or distinction.
ἔνδοξος
It shows the same word family describing worth that is recognized by others.
THE PATTERN
Restored life makes God’s attentive presence recognizable and draws people to name God’s weight.
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.THE THREAD
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,Luke 1:68 uses the same Greek verb, ἐπεσκέψατο (epeskepsato), meaning “visited,” for God’s regard for his people. Here, the crowd recognizes that visitation in a life restored; there, it is named alongside redemption.
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