What Does Revelation 5:9 Mean in the King James?
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
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 Lamb’s worth is revealed in a purchase that gathers people across every human boundary into belonging to God.
THE MEANING
The verse places the reader inside a song where the slain Lamb is worthy because his blood purchases people for God from every kinship, language, people, and nation. The song holds both release from former belonging and arrival into belonging to God. Its “us” reaches across the boundaries named in the verse.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that belonging to God is fenced by one lineage, language, people, or nation: the song names people from every one of them as part of its “us.”
THE ROOT
ἠγόρασας
ēgorasas
GROWS FROM
ἀγοράζω (agorázō), from ἀγορά (agorá)
To buy in the marketplace; to acquire by purchase.
“redeemed” in this verse is ēgorasas. The verb carries the concrete image of buying, so redemption here is pictured as a costly purchase with a destination: “to God.” Its branches hold purchase and release together, the purchased ones are brought into belonging to God.
ALSO GROWS
agorá: A public marketplace.
ἀγορά
The source noun keeps the purchase image concrete: the verse’s redemption language carries an exchange and a new belonging.
exagorázō: To buy out or redeem.
ἐξαγοράζω
This related verb makes the release dimension visible while retaining the shared language of purchase.
THE PATTERN
God’s gathering widens past inherited boundaries, bringing distinct peoples into shared belonging.
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.THE THREAD
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.The same verb, ἠγοράσθητε (ēgorasthēte, “you were bought”), appears here as “bought,” from ἀγοράζω (agorázō, “to purchase”). Revelation names the destination of that purchase, “to God”, and this verse describes the body and spirit as belonging to God.
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