What Does Revelation 14:6 Mean in the King James?

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

Revelation 14:6 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The messenger carries good news of the ages into every human community.

THE MEANING

The announcement crosses the heavens and reaches every nation, kinship, language, and people. Its age-spanning reach includes the reader within the human world it addresses.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The verse dissolves the belief that this message belongs exclusively to one people, language, or generation: its stated reach is every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.

THE ROOT

αἰώνιον

aiōnion

GROWS FROM

αἰών

aiōn

Age, ages; a span or order of time.

The English “everlasting” carries the further texture of an age, placing the announcement within the full sweep of the ages. The verse sets that span beside a reach that includes every human community.

ALSO GROWS

aiōn: Age, ages.

αἰών

This is the source word beneath “everlasting,” keeping the language of ages audible in the verse.

aiōnios: Age-lasting, belonging to the age.

αἰώνιος

This related form describes the good news as spanning the ages.

ἄγγελον

angelon

GROWS FROM

ἀγγελ-

aggel-

Message, news; the bearing or announcing of a message.

“angel” in this verse is angelon. The messenger is defined by the message carried: here, the figure’s flight and the announcement’s reach belong together. The same word family connects a messenger with a message and with bringing good news.

ALSO GROWS

angelia: Message, report.

ἀγγελία

This branch makes the messenger’s work concrete: carrying a message outward.

euangelizō: Announce good news.

εὐαγγελίζω

This related word names the act of proclaiming good news, the work the flying messenger performs.

THE PATTERN

The good news is proclaimed across the boundaries of peoples until its reach encompasses the whole human world.

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

Psalm 96:3 · KJVThe declaration moves among peoples and makes its reach part of the message.

And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

Mark 13:10 · KJVThe good news is carried across national boundaries.

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

Romans 10:18 · KJVThe announcement is pictured as reaching the whole earth and its farthest edges.

THE THREAD

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Matthew 24:14 · KJV

Both verses use ⁨εὐαγγέλιον⁩ (euangelion, good news) and pair its proclamation with the reach of all nations. Matthew names the whole world as its field; Revelation calls the message age-spanning.

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