What Does Revelation 7:10 Mean in the King James?
And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
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 salvation belongs to the same family as “deliverer,” joining deliverance to the God and Lamb who receive its praise.
THE MEANING
The cry credits deliverance to God enthroned and the Lamb. For the reader now, rescue remains joined to the ones who receive its praise.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that deliverance is finally a self-made achievement: the cry credits it to God and the Lamb.
THE ROOT
σωτηρία
sōtēria
GROWS FROM
σῴζω (sōzō), the lexical family behind σωτηρία
To deliver, rescue, preserve, or bring safely through.
“Salvation” in this verse is sōtēria. The noun σωτηρία (sōtēria, deliverance) belongs to the same word family as σῴζω (sōzō, deliver) and σωτήρ (sōtēr, deliverer). The cry keeps deliverance joined to the deliverer, crediting God and the Lamb with the rescue it celebrates.
ALSO GROWS
sōzō: To deliver, rescue, or preserve.
σῴζω
The verb shows the living action held inside the noun for deliverance.
sōtēr: One who delivers or rescues.
σωτήρ
This branch joins deliverance to the deliverer, the connection heard in the cry to God and the Lamb.
sōtērion: Deliverance or saving help.
σωτήριον
This related form keeps rescue concrete as help that reaches someone.
THE PATTERN
Deliverance is credited to God, and those who receive it name its source in praise.
Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.THE THREAD
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.This verse repeats the Greek noun σωτηρία (sōtēria, deliverance) and joins it with God’s kingdom and power. What Revelation 7:10 credits to God and the Lamb is also announced as having come.
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