What Does Matthew 26:69 Mean in the King James?
Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
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 one named Rock is identified first through another person’s words: he has been with Jesus.
THE MEANING
Someone else can name the company you keep before you speak for yourself. Peter’s name belongs to the Greek rock family, while the girl’s words publicly tie him to Jesus of Galilee; a name and a relationship meet before his answer.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that your connection to Jesus remains invisible until you choose to name it; another voice can identify that connection first.
THE ROOT
Πέτρος
Petros
GROWS FROM
πετρ-
The Greek πετρ- (petr-) word family means rock or stone.
Peter’s name belongs to the same Greek family as words for rock. Before he answers, the verse places the one named Rock under another person’s claim about his connection to Jesus.
ALSO GROWS
petra: Rock; a rocky mass or bedrock.
πέτρα
This is the rock word that makes Peter’s name part of a larger Greek word family.
petrodes: Rocky or stony.
πετρώδης
This related word carries the same rock family into a description of stony ground.
μετά
meta
GROWS FROM
μετά
The Greek preposition μετά (meta) means with, among, or after; here it means with.
The Greek phrase says Peter was μετὰ Ἰησοῦ (meta Iēsou, with Jesus). In this word family, association can also shade into sharing or participation, giving “with” a sense of connection that English leaves open.
ALSO GROWS
metochos: Partner, sharer, or partaker.
μέτοχος
This related form carries the idea of being with someone into shared participation.
metechō: Partake or share in.
μετέχω
The compound uses μετά (meta, with) to express participation.
metochē: Participation or sharing.
μετοχή
This related noun gives the association in the verse a branch that means having a share in something.
יֵשׁוּעַ
Yeshua
GROWS FROM
ישע
The Hebrew root י-ש-ע (y-sh-ʿ) means to deliver or bring out into safety and spaciousness.
The Greek name Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous, Jesus) represents Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshua, deliverance). The name spoken in the verse carries the nature of deliverance, while Peter is identified through his association with that name.
ALSO GROWS
yasha: Deliver or bring to safety.
יָשַׁע
This verb is the root action carried in the name Yeshua.
yeshuah: Deliverance.
יְשׁוּעָה
This noun names the release or rescue that the root describes.
moshia: Deliverer.
מוֹשִׁיעַ
This form names the one who brings deliverance.
THE PATTERN
A person’s association becomes visible when words name who is with whom.
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.THE THREAD
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.Matthew 16:18 puts Πέτρος (Petros, Peter) beside πέτρα (petra, rock), making the Greek word family explicit. Here, the man named Rock is identified by someone else’s words before he gives his own.
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