What Does Luke 3:6 Mean?
And all flesh shall perceive the deliverance of God.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.THE KEY
God’s deliverance does not stay hidden or belong to a select few; it comes into view for all flesh.
THE MEANING
God’s deliverance stands in the open for all humanity to see; no single people owns the horizon of its reach. The verse presents deliverance as something people perceive, not only hear about or hold as an idea.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
God’s deliverance is reserved for a select group and remains hidden from ordinary people.
THE ROOT
σωτήριον
sōtērion
GROWS FROM
σῴζω
sōzō
To deliver, rescue, or bring safely through.
The Greek word belongs to the family of deliverance and rescue. Here, God’s deliverance is not merely announced: it becomes visible to all flesh.
ALSO GROWS
sōzō: Deliver, rescue, bring to safety.
σῴζω
The verb names the act that the salvation in this verse makes visible.
sōtēria: Deliverance, salvation.
σωτηρία
This related noun names the same deliverance as a reality that can be seen.
sōtēr: Deliverer, savior.
σωτήρ
This branch names the one who brings deliverance.
ὄψεται
ópsetai
GROWS FROM
ὁράω
horaō
To see or perceive.
“perceive” in this verse is ópsetai. The verse says all flesh will see the deliverance: its reach is described through perception, as something brought into view. The emphasis is on deliverance being visible, not kept as a private message.
ALSO GROWS
ópsomai: To see, behold.
ὄψομαι
This is a future form in the same verb family, echoing the verse’s promise of seeing.
hórama: A vision; what is seen.
ὅραμα
This related word keeps the focus on something perceived or brought into sight.
THE PATTERN
God’s deliverance is disclosed in public view and extends beyond one people to the nations.
And the weight of the LORD is uncovered, and all flesh sees it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.The LORD makes his deliverance known. He uncovers his alignment before the eyes of the nations.Let it be known therefore to you that the deliverance of God has been sent to the nations, and they will hear it.THE THREAD
Let it be known therefore to you that the deliverance of God has been sent to the nations, and they will hear it.Both verses use σωτήριον (sōtērion, deliverance) for “the salvation of God.” Here the deliverance is sent to the Gentiles; in Luke 3:6, all flesh sees it.
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