What Does Matthew 12:23 Mean in the King James?
And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
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’s astonishment opens into a recognition question: is this the beloved kingly nature promised through David now standing before them?
THE MEANING
What is happening before you carries the crowd beyond its familiar frame: they are astonished, then ask whether this is the son of David. The title names more than descent; David’s name carries the root sense of beloved, so the question holds lineage and nature together.
THE ROOT
ἐξίσταντο
existanto
GROWS FROM
ἵστημι
histēmi
to stand, set, or take a position
The Greek word behind “amazed” pictures the crowd as standing outside its ordinary frame. The same stand-root appears in ἀνάστασις (anastasis), “rising” or “standing again,” so astonishment and rising share an image of changed position.
ALSO GROWS
existēmi: to stand outside oneself; to be astonished
ἐξίστημι
This is the verb behind the crowd’s amazement: their usual stance gives way before what they see.
anastasis: rising, standing up again; resurrection
ἀνάστασις
Its shared stand-root gives the crowd’s astonishment the image of being moved into a new position.
דָּוִד
Dāwīd
GROWS FROM
דוד
d-w-d
beloved
David’s name is commonly linked to דּוֹד (dōd), “beloved.” “Son of David” remains a royal lineage title, while the name’s root adds the nature of the beloved to the crowd’s question.
ALSO GROWS
dōd: beloved; also uncle
דּוֹד
This related word brings the root sense of beloved into the name the crowd speaks.
dōdîm: loves, caresses
דּוֹדִים
The same root carries affection and belovedness, giving David’s name a quality beyond a family label.
THE PATTERN
The promised Davidic line is recognized where deliverance restores what was closed.
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.THE THREAD
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.Matthew 9:27 places the same title in the mouths of blind men seeking mercy from Jesus. The repeated David-name root links recognition of the beloved royal line with a request for restored sight.
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