What Does Acts 14:1 Mean in the King James?

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

Acts 14:1 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The word is spoken so that people from different peoples can place their trust in it together.

THE MEANING

The message reaches both Jews and Greeks, and a great multitude trusts what they hear. The verse holds their different backgrounds together in one shared response.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

Trust is not confined to people who share one background.

THE ROOT

πιστεῦσαι

pisteusai

GROWS FROM

πιστ-

pist-

Trust, reliance: placing confidence or weight in someone or something.

The word translated “believed” belongs to the same Greek word family as trust. Here, belief is not merely hearing a claim or agreeing with it; the multitude leans its weight into what they hear. The verse joins the way the message is spoken to the trust that follows.

ALSO GROWS

pistis: Trust; lean your full weight on.

πίστις

This noun names the trust enacted by the multitude’s believing.

pistos: Firm, steady; trustworthy.

πιστός

This related word shows the family’s connection between trusting and what is steady enough to rely on.

THE PATTERN

A heard word can gather people from different inheritances into a shared response.

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.

Isaiah 55:11 · KJVThe word goes forth and accomplishes its purpose among those it reaches.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Romans 10:17 · KJVHearing the word is joined directly to the emergence of trust.

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

Acts 10:44 · KJVAs words are spoken, their effect reaches all who hear them.

THE THREAD

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

Hebrews 4:2 · KJV

Hebrews uses the same Greek word family for “faith” as Acts uses for “believed.” It reveals the shared movement beneath both verses: a word is heard, and trust is what lets it take hold.

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