What Does Matthew 11:6 Mean in the King James?
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
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 “offended” carries the image of a foot caught by a stumbling block: flourishing remains possible when Jesus does not become the point of the fall.
THE MEANING
Flourishing belongs to you when you do not stumble over Jesus. The verse pictures an encounter that can catch you off guard, then names flourishing where that encounter does not end in a fall.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the assumption that whatever unsettles you about Jesus must disqualify him.
THE ROOT
σκανδαλισθῇ
skandalisthē
GROWS FROM
σκανδαλ-
skandal-
To trip or cause to stumble; the related noun means a snare or stumbling block.
The Greek verb gives “offended” the shape of a stumble: something catches the foot and can bring a person down. The word holds together the inner shock of taking offense and the physical image of being tripped.
ALSO GROWS
skandalon: Snare or stumbling block
σκάνδαλον
This related noun makes the verb’s image visible: the offense is like something in the path that catches the foot.
skandalismos: Stumbling or cause of stumbling
σκανδαλισμός
This related form keeps the movement from being tripped to taking offense within the same word family.
THE PATTERN
An encounter with God’s chosen one can become either a place of refuge or a point of stumbling.
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.THE THREAD
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.Matthew uses the verb from the skandal- word family for being tripped; Romans names the skandalon as a “rock of offence.” Together they reveal the physical image inside “offended”: a stumbling point that catches the foot.
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