What Does Mark 9:41 Mean in the King James?
For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
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
A cup of water carries the nature of Christ’s name when it is given because you belong to him.
THE MEANING
Someone’s cup of water offered to you because you belong to Christ is care given in relation to his nature. Jesus says this act is seen and its reward is not lost.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that only large, visible acts count is undone here: a cup of water is not too small to carry lasting significance.
THE ROOT
ὄνομα
onoma
GROWS FROM
ὀνομ-
onom-
Name; the identifying character or standing associated with a person.
English can make “name” sound like a label, but the Greek word carries a person’s recognized identity and representation. The verse links “in my name” with “because ye belong to Christ”: the cup is given in relation to who Jesus is and who the receiver is.
ALSO GROWS
onomazō: To name or call by name.
ὀνομάζω
This branch shows naming as an act of identifying someone, which helps open “in my name” as representation rather than a spoken formula.
onomastos: One who is named or well known.
ὀνομαστός
This branch carries the sense of recognized identity; here the receiver is recognized as belonging to Christ.
THE PATTERN
Care given to another can be received as care offered to the one whose name or nature is present.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.And what soever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.THE THREAD
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.Matthew 10:42 repeats both the cup and the promise that the giver will not lose a reward, and again locates the gift “in the name” of someone. The echo opens the name as identity: the care is given in relation to who the receiver is.
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