What Does Matthew 9:1 Mean in the King James?
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
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 Greek word for “own” names a place of belonging, and the next scene turns that belonging into an encounter with someone’s need.
THE MEANING
You see movement settle into belonging: he crosses and arrives in the city that is his own. The next scene opens with a man brought into his presence, so this return brings him within reach of someone else’s need. Arrival becomes part of the healing story, not a pause between journeys.
THE ROOT
ἰδίαν
idian
GROWS FROM
ἴδιος
idios
One’s own; what belongs particularly to oneself.
The word marks the city as belonging to Jesus. John 1:11 uses the same root for both what is his own and his own people, showing that belonging can name a place and a relationship, but does not guarantee welcome.
ALSO GROWS
ta idia: His own things or domain; “his own” in John 1:11.
τὰ ἴδια
The word can name what belongs to someone, extending “own” beyond simple possession toward a sphere of belonging.
hoi idioi: His own people; “his own” in John 1:11.
οἱ ἴδιοι
The same root shifts from what belongs to him to the people bound to him, making the word relational as well as spatial.
THE PATTERN
Arrival among one’s own place or people makes the reality of reception visible.
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.He came unto his own, and his own received him not.THE THREAD
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.Matthew’s “his own city” and John’s two forms of “his own” share the Greek root ἴδιος (idios), naming both what belongs to him and the people who belong to him. John reveals that belonging does not ensure welcome; in Matthew, the next scene shows people bringing a man in need to Jesus.
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