What Does Matthew 20:5 Mean in the King James?
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
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 householder keeps going out, so the later hours remain open to the same call.
THE MEANING
The householder goes out at the sixth and ninth hours and repeats the same act. A later hour still holds the possibility of being met by the call; its timing does not make it lesser.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that missing the first moment means every later opening is closed.
THE ROOT
ἐξῆλθεν
exēlthen
GROWS FROM
ἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai), from ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + ἔρχομαι (erchomai, “come, go”)
To come or go; with ἐκ, “out of,” the compound means to go out or come forth.
The verse’s “went out” carries outward movement: the householder leaves his place and goes to meet workers. Repeating that movement at different hours reveals a reach that continues through the day.
ALSO GROWS
erchomai: Come, go, arrive.
ἔρχομαι
This is the movement at the center of “went out”; the prefix gives that movement its outward direction.
eiserchomai: Enter, go in.
εἰσέρχομαι
It shares the same “come, go” root, while its prefix turns the movement inward; the verse’s ἐκ instead sends the householder outward.
exerchomai: Go out, come forth.
ἐξέρχομαι
This is the verb used here: the householder goes out again, carrying the same purpose into another hour.
THE PATTERN
The call keeps extending across changing hours, so arriving later does not place a person beyond reach.
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:THE THREAD
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.Matthew 20:1 and 20:5 use the same Greek verb, ἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai), “go out.” The first going out begins the search; this verse shows the same outward movement returning at later hours.
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