What Does Matthew 14:12 Mean in the King James?
And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
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
Grief moves from care for the body to a message carried into Jesus’ presence.
THE MEANING
Loss is met in its physical reality: the body is carried and buried, and the news is spoken to Jesus. Care for the body and honest speech belong together in grief.
THE ROOT
ἀπήγγειλαν
apēngeilan
GROWS FROM
ἀγγέλλω
angellō
announce, report, carry a message
The verb translated “told” comes from ἀπαγγέλλω, to report or announce, built on ἀγγέλλω, to carry a message. The disciples’ final act is messenger work: they carry the news of death into Jesus’ presence.
ALSO GROWS
angelos: messenger
ἄγγελος
The related word makes visible the messenger role inside the act of reporting.
angelia: message, report
ἀγγελία
The report is the message carried from the disciples to Jesus.
euangelion: good news
εὐαγγέλιον
This word shares the message-bearing root, showing that the root itself names the carrying of news; its meaning here is determined by the death being reported.
THE PATTERN
Grief is carried through concrete care and brought into speech.
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.THE THREAD
Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.The word translated “shewed” comes from the same root, ἀγγέλλω (angellō), as “told” here. Both verses show news being carried to someone; the response of the one who receives it shapes what follows.
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