What Does Matthew 15:30 Mean in the King James?

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

Matthew 15:30 · KJV

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THE KEY

The word “healed” also carries the sense of being attended to, so restoration begins here as direct care.

THE MEANING

Need is visible here: people bring those who cannot come alone, and Jesus meets them at his feet with healing. When you cannot make your own way toward help, the verse still places you within reach of care.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The verse unsettles the belief that you must reach help under your own power before you can be met.

THE ROOT

ἐθεράπευσεν

etherapeusen

GROWS FROM

θεραπευ

To attend to or care for; in this verse, to heal.

The Greek word translated “healed” belongs to a family that also speaks of attendance and care. The verse presents healing as people being tended, not merely as a condition changing.

ALSO GROWS

therapeia: Care, attendance, treatment, healing

θεραπεία

The same family can name the care itself, keeping healing joined to being attended to.

therapeutēs: Attendant, caregiver, healer

θεραπευτής

This word names one who tends or treats, preserving the sense of care within the healing family.

THE PATTERN

Visible need is brought into reach and met with care and restoration.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Psalm 147:3 · KJVHealing is pictured as binding wounds, an act of care that meets what is hurt.

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 35:6 · KJVThe limits named in Matthew give way here to movement, speech, and flowing water.

And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.

Mark 2:3 · KJVOthers carry a man toward Jesus when he cannot come on his own, just as people bring those in need in this verse.

THE THREAD

And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

Mark 1:34 · KJV

Mark uses the same Greek verb, ⁨θεραπεύω⁩, for Jesus’ healing. That shared root keeps healing joined to attending care, opening this scene as people brought within reach and tended.

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