What Does Matthew 16:27 Mean in the King James?
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
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’s “reward” is a giving back: each person receives in correspondence with the life they enact.
THE MEANING
The Son of Man comes in the weight of his Father, with his messengers, and renders each person according to their own doing. The verse holds the reader now inside a direct correspondence between what is done and what comes back.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that what you do simply vanishes: each person’s own doing remains bound to what they receive.
THE ROOT
ἀποδώσει
apodōsei
GROWS FROM
δίδωμι
To give; with the prefix ἀπό, to give back or render.
“Reward” translates ἀποδώσει (apodōsei, will give back or render), formed from δίδωμι (didōmi, to give) with ἀπό (apo, back or from). The wording carries the sense of a return fitted to each person’s own doing.
ALSO GROWS
apodidōmi: To give back, render, or repay.
ἀποδίδωμι
This compound uses the same giving root as the verse’s verb, making its sense of return explicit.
paradidōmi: To hand something over or entrust it.
παραδίδωμι
The same root describes giving something into another’s hands; here, what is given back corresponds to each person’s doing.
epididōmi: To give or hand something over.
ἐπιδίδωμι
This compound keeps the same basic act of giving, underscoring that the verse’s “reward” is something rendered to each person.
THE PATTERN
What each person does returns in a measure corresponding to their doing.
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.Who will render to every man according to his deeds:For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.THE THREAD
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:Romans uses ἀποδώσει (apodōsei, will render or give back), the same Greek verb used here for “reward.” The shared root makes the link direct: each person’s return corresponds to that person’s own doing.
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