What Does Matthew 2:4 Mean in the King James?
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
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 title “Christ” means “the Anointed One,” so the question asks where this marked identity is born.
THE MEANING
This question comes to you now: where is the Anointed One to be born? It asks for more than a place; the title names someone marked through anointing, and the verse holds the question open.
THE ROOT
Χριστός
Christos
GROWS FROM
χρίω
chriō
To anoint, applying oil; Χριστός names one who has been anointed.
English can make “Christ” sound like a surname, but Χριστός (Christos, “the Anointed One”) carries the act of anointing within the title. The question is about the birthplace of the one marked by that act.
ALSO GROWS
chriō: to anoint
χρίω
This verb names the action contained in the title Χριστός (Christos, “the Anointed One”).
chrîsma: anointing
χρῖσμα
This noun names the anointing itself, showing that the title and the act share the same Greek root.
THE PATTERN
Scripture names the promised one through the language of anointing across Hebrew and Greek.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.THE THREAD
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.Matthew’s question uses Χριστός (Christos, “Anointed One”), while Acts says God ἔχρισεν (échrisen, “anointed”) Jesus from the same root χρίω (chriō, “to anoint”). The title in Matthew carries the very action Acts names.
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