What Does Revelation 22:6 Mean in the King James?
And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
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 same sentence joins reliability to transmission: what is true is sent through a messenger so it can be seen.
THE MEANING
What reaches you here is presented as firm and true, not speculation. A messenger is sent to make the coming things visible, and what is revealed is moving toward fulfillment.
THE ROOT
ἄγγελος
angelos
GROWS FROM
ἀγγελ-
Messenger; one who carries an announcement.
The word translated “angel” also means “messenger,” and its word family carries the sense of announcing. The verse presents revelation as something carried outward so it can be received.
ALSO GROWS
angéllō: Announce, report.
ἀγγέλλω
The messenger’s role is bound to making a message known.
euangélion: Good news, good announcement.
εὐαγγέλιον
The announcement family also names good news, linking the messenger’s work with the message being delivered.
πιστός
pistós
GROWS FROM
πιστ-
Firm, steady, trustworthy.
Here “faithful” describes sayings that can be relied on: they hold steady under trust. Paired with “true,” the word presents the message as both dependable and real.
ALSO GROWS
pístis: Trust, reliance.
πίστις
The sayings invite trust because they are described as steady.
pisteúō: Trust, entrust oneself.
πιστεύω
This related verb shows trust as placing reliance in what is dependable.
δεῖξαι
deîxai
GROWS FROM
δεικ-
Point out, show, make visible.
“shew” in this verse is deîxai. The messenger is sent to point out what is coming, turning what is unseen into something disclosed. The verse’s movement is from hidden things to what can be shown.
ALSO GROWS
deíknumi: Show, point out.
δείκνυμι
This is the verb behind “shew”: the messenger directs attention to what is being revealed.
apódeixis: Demonstration, proof.
ἀπόδειξις
The related word carries the sense of showing something openly, echoing revelation made visible.
THE PATTERN
What is hidden becomes knowable when God discloses it through servants and prophetic speech.
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.THE THREAD
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:Revelation 1:1 lays out the transmission in fuller form: God gives the revelation, sends it by a messenger, and shows it to servants. The repeated words of showing, sending, and messenger make 22:6 the closing confirmation of that opening commission.
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