What Does Matthew 14:22 Mean in the King James?
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
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
Jesus sets the scene in motion by compelling one group into the crossing while releasing the other.
THE MEANING
Movement begins in two directions at once: the disciples are pressed into a crossing, and the multitude is released. The far side is not yet in view; the next step begins through both compulsion and release.
THE ROOT
ἀπολύω
apolýō
GROWS FROM
λύω
lyō
to loosen, unbind, release
“sent ... away” in this verse is apolýō. The verb translated “sent away” is apolýō (ἀπολύω), “release” or “let go”: the crowd is let go from the gathering. Its λύω (lyō) root also appears in words for release and ransom, so the phrase carries the sense of loosening people from where they are, not only moving them elsewhere.
ALSO GROWS
lyō: to loosen, untie, release
λύω
This is the root beneath “sent away”: the crowd is released from the gathering.
lytron: ransom; a price paid for release
λύτρον
The same root links release with the price that frees someone, giving the dismissal a deeper texture of being let loose.
apolysis: release, dismissal
ἀπόλυσις
This related word keeps the verse’s central movement together: a gathering ends as people are released from it.
THE PATTERN
A scene moves forward when some are released and others are sent into what follows.
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.THE THREAD
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.The verb behind “sent them away” is the same release verb as here: apolýō (ἀπολύω), “release” or “let go.” The shared word makes both scenes hinge on release: the crowd is let go from Jesus, while Barnabas and Saul are let go from the assembly toward their next work.
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