What Does Acts 17:12 Mean in the King James?
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
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 word translated “believed” carries the sense of trust, and that trust takes root across lines of status and gender.
THE MEANING
Trust takes root as the message is received and examined, and its reach crosses lines of status and gender. Greek women of standing and many men are among those who believe.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the assumption that trust belongs only to one gender, ethnicity, or social rank.
THE ROOT
ἐπίστευσαν
episteusan
GROWS FROM
πιστ-
pist-
The Greek word family centers on trust and trustworthiness.
The verb belongs to the same word family as trust and being trustworthy, so “believed” points to reliance, not merely accepting an idea. The verse shows that trust taking root among people of different backgrounds and standing.
ALSO GROWS
pistis: trust, reliance
πίστις
This noun names the trust expressed by the verb in the verse.
pistos: firm, trustworthy
πιστός
The related adjective shows the quality associated with trust: what can be relied upon.
THE PATTERN
Trust takes shape as the word is heard, received, and allowed to open understanding.
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.THE THREAD
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.John uses the same πιστ- word family in “believe” and “believing”: trust is the response, and life is its fruit. “Through his name” opens the connection further: life comes through Jesus’ nature.
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