What Does Acts 11:14 Mean in the King James?
Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
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
Here, being saved means being brought through by words whose reach extends to an entire household.
THE MEANING
Deliverance comes through words spoken to you, and their reach includes your whole household. The verse holds the individual and the household together within that promise.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that deliverance concerns only the person who first hears the message.
THE ROOT
σωθήσῃ
sōthēsē
GROWS FROM
σωζ-
The Greek verb stem of σώζω (sōzō): rescue, preserve, or bring safely through.
The word translated “saved” carries the sense of being brought through into safety. Its word family includes both deliverance and safe passage, so the verse presents the spoken message as a means by which that deliverance reaches the whole household.
ALSO GROWS
sōtēria: Deliverance, safety
σωτηρία
This noun names the deliverance carried by the verb in the verse.
sōtēr: Deliverer, rescuer
σωτήρ
The related name centers the one who brings someone to safety.
diasōzō: Bring safely through
διασῴζω
This related verb makes the passage-through sense explicit: deliverance carries someone through danger.
THE PATTERN
A spoken word carries a purpose that can reach beyond its first hearer.
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.THE THREAD
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.Acts 16:31 uses the same Greek root, σωζ- (sōz-, deliver or bring safely through), for “saved.” The shared root appears beside “thy house” in both verses, linking deliverance with a reach that includes the household.
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