What Does Matthew 13:43 Mean in the King James?
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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 verse pictures alignment becoming visible as radiance within the Father’s governance.
THE MEANING
The verse speaks now as a promise of unveiling: those aligned with what is right shine openly like the sun within their Father’s governance. Its closing line joins vision to hearing; whoever has ears to hear is addressed by the saying.
THE ROOT
οἱ δίκαιοι
hoi dikaioi
GROWS FROM
δίκη (dikē) / δικ- (dik-)
Right, justice, and alignment with what is right.
“righteous” in this verse is hoi dikaioi. The plural names people in right relation, carrying the sense of alignment. The sunlike image makes that alignment visible as radiance in the Father’s governance.
ALSO GROWS
dikaiosynē: Alignment; righteousness.
δικαιοσύνη
This related noun names the quality or practice of being in right order, clarifying what kind of people shine in the verse.
dikaioō: To justify; to set right.
δικαιόω
This related verb carries the movement toward right relation, echoing the alignment named by “the righteous.”
ἐκλάμψουσιν
eklampsousin
GROWS FROM
λάμπω
lampō
To shine, give light.
“shine forth” in this verse is eklampsousin. The word means to shine out; its root also names the lamp-like brightness that makes light visible. This same word family links the unveiling here with the call for light to shine in Matthew 5:16.
ALSO GROWS
lampros: Bright; radiant.
λαμπρός
The same light-word family describes brightness, giving the verse’s shining a quality of visible radiance.
lampas: Lamp; torch.
λαμπάς
This related word names a source of visible light, bringing the verse’s image of shining into a concrete form.
THE PATTERN
What is aligned with God’s way is pictured as light that becomes visible.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.THE THREAD
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.The verb λαμψάτω (lampsatō, “let it shine”) in Matthew 5:16 grows from the same root λάμπω (lampō, “shine”) as ἐκλάμψουσιν (eklampsousin, “they will shine forth”) here. Both verses join visible light with the Father: one places the shining within his governance, and the other says it glorifies him.
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