What Does Matthew 17:18 Mean?
And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the child was healed from that very hour.
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 Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.THE KEY
The verse joins the child’s healing to the departure of what afflicts him: release and restoration arrive in the same hour.
THE MEANING
The afflicting presence leaves the child, and the child is cured in that same hour. The verse holds release and healing together, while the child remains distinct from what has afflicted him.
THE ROOT
ἐθεραπεύθη
etherapeuthē
GROWS FROM
θεραπευ-
To attend to or care for; in this verb family, to treat or heal.
“healed” in this verse is etherapeuthē. The Greek verb θεραπεύω (therapeuō) can mean to attend to, treat, or heal, so “cured” carries the sense of care reaching its result. The verse places that healing beside the affliction’s departure, in the same hour.
ALSO GROWS
therapeuō: To attend to, treat, or heal.
θεραπεύω
This is the verb family of “cured,” linking the child’s restoration with treatment and care.
therapeia: Treatment, care, or healing.
θεραπεία
The related noun keeps care and healing within the same Greek word family.
δαιμόνιον
daimonion
GROWS FROM
δαιμον-
A spirit-being; in this passage, a demon.
“demon” in this verse is daimonion. The Greek word here is δαιμόνιον (daimonion), from the δαιμον- family; the verse describes this presence as something that departs from the child. That wording leaves the child distinct from the affliction.
ALSO GROWS
daimōn: A spirit-being or deity in Greek usage.
δαίμων
It belongs to the same δαιμον- word family as the presence named in this verse.
daimonizomai: To be under demonic influence or afflicted by a demon.
δαιμονίζομαι
This related verb names a condition affecting someone, which helps distinguish the child from what afflicts him.
THE PATTERN
When an afflicting force departs, healing becomes visible.
He sends his word and heals them, and slips them free from their pits.And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever, and it let go of her, and at once she rose and served them.THE THREAD
When evening had come, they brought to him many held by demons; and he cast out the breaths with a word, and healed all who were sick.The Greek verb translated “healed” here belongs to the same θεραπευ- family as “cured” in Matthew 17:18. Both verses place the departure of affliction beside healing, connecting the child’s restoration with the healing of many.
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