What Does Matthew 13:37 Mean in the King James?
He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
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 Son of Man is revealed by the good he sows, and Greek binds the sower’s act to the seed itself.
THE MEANING
The Son of Man is the one sowing what is good into the world. The image carries the promise of growth beyond the moment of planting. The language links the sower’s work with the seed that grows from it.
THE ROOT
σπείρων
speírōn
GROWS FROM
σπειρ-/σπερ-/σπορ-
The Greek word family of sowing and seed: to sow or scatter what is planted.
“soweth” in this verse is speírōn. English makes “sow” and “seed” sound like separate ideas; Greek keeps them in one word family. The Son of Man is identified by the act of sowing, bound in the language to the good seed he plants.
ALSO GROWS
spérma: Seed, what is sown.
σπέρμα
The seed shares the sower’s word family, joining the one who plants with what is planted.
diasporá: Scattering, dispersion.
διασπορά
This branch preserves the image of seed spread outward, illuminating the movement of sowing.
spóros: Seed, that which is sown.
σπόρος
This related form keeps the focus on what the act of sowing sets into the world.
THE PATTERN
What is sown carries the possibility of growth beyond its beginning.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.THE THREAD
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:This verse uses the same Greek word family for sowing and seed, making the connection between the act and what is planted audible in the language. Matthew 13:37 then identifies the sower as the Son of Man.
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