What Does Matthew 7:25 Mean in the King James?
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
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 house is not spared the storm; what is founded on the rock is spared its final verdict.
THE MEANING
The storm reaches the house in full: rain falls, floods rise, and winds strike. The house remains because its support lies deeper than the forces hitting it.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that a life founded on what is true will be spared hardship: the house on the rock is struck too.
THE ROOT
πέτρα
petra
GROWS FROM
πετρ-
petr-
rock, rocky mass
The Greek word beneath “rock” belongs to a word family that also describes stony ground. The verse locates endurance in what supports the whole house: having stones around is not the same as being founded on rock.
ALSO GROWS
petrōdēs: rocky, stony
πετρώδης
This adjective describes the stony places in Matthew 13:5, where seed springs up but lacks depth; the word family shows that stoniness alone does not make a sound foundation.
Petros: Peter; stone or rock
Πέτρος
Matthew 16:18 places Petros beside petra, carrying the same rock imagery into a personal name.
THE PATTERN
What supports a life beneath its visible structure determines whether it remains standing under pressure.
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.THE THREAD
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.Matthew and Luke use the same Greek word, πέτρα (petra), for the rock beneath the house. Luke adds that the builder “digged deep,” showing how the foundation reaches what can hold when the flood presses against it.
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