What Does Matthew 9:22 Mean in the King James?
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
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 verb behind both “made thee whole” and “was made whole” also means “deliver,” presenting wholeness as deliverance taking form.
THE MEANING
You are met here by Jesus turning toward the person in need, seeing her, and calling her daughter. Her trust is the reaching that receives deliverance, and the verse names its result as wholeness from that hour.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that a hidden condition makes a person invisible is undone: Jesus turns toward her, sees her, and addresses her directly as daughter.
THE ROOT
σῴζω
sōzō
GROWS FROM
σωζ-
sōz-
To deliver, rescue, preserve, or bring to safety and wholeness.
Both “hath made thee whole” and “was made whole” come from this same verb. The verse holds healing and deliverance together: what happens to her is not merely a change in condition, but a bringing through into wholeness.
ALSO GROWS
sōtēria: deliverance, salvation
σωτηρία
This related noun makes clear that the verb behind “whole” also belongs to the language of deliverance.
sōtēr: deliverer, savior
σωτήρ
The same word family names the one who brings rescue, illuminating the deliverance contained in her wholeness.
πίστις
pistis
GROWS FROM
πειθ-
peith-
To persuade, bring to confidence, or trust.
Here “faith” carries the sense of trust: leaning your full weight on the one you reach toward. It describes a relation of reliance, not only an idea held in the mind.
ALSO GROWS
pisteuō: trust, believe
πιστεύω
This verb from the same family shows pistis as trust placed in someone, as her trust is placed in Jesus.
pistos: firm, steady, trustworthy
πιστός
This branch brings out the steadiness held within trust: the confidence on which a person can lean.
THE PATTERN
Healing and deliverance name one movement toward wholeness.
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,THE THREAD
The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,“Healed” here comes from the same Greek verb, sōzō, translated “made whole” in Matthew. The shared root reveals that healing and deliverance belong to the same language of being brought through into wholeness.
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