What Does Acts 24:14 Mean in the King James?
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
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 “confess” carries the image of saying the same: the speaker openly claims continuity with the God and writings beside a way others call heresy.
THE MEANING
When other people’s label threatens to define your allegiance, this verse turns attention to whom the way serves and what it trusts. Its confession joins service to the God of the fathers with trust in all that is written in the instruction and the prophets.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the assumption that a way called heresy by others must be a rejection of God or scripture: the speaker claims continuity with both.
THE ROOT
ὁμολογῶ
homologō
GROWS FROM
ὁμολογ-
To acknowledge or confess openly; the compound carries the image of saying the same.
“confess” in this verse is homologō. The confession is spoken allegiance, not a private thought: the speaker names the God and writings the way remains bound to. The word’s “saying the same” echoes the claim of continuity inside a disputed label.
ALSO GROWS
homología: confession, profession, acknowledgment
ὁμολογία
This noun names the spoken acknowledgment that the verb expresses here.
homologoumenōs: by common confession, undeniably
ὁμολογουμένως
This related form shows the same word family describing what is openly acknowledged.
πιστεύων
pisteuōn
GROWS FROM
πιστ-
Trust: leaning your full weight on what is trusted.
“believing” in this verse is pisteuōn. The speaker’s trust rests on all that is written, so belief here is more than accepting that texts exist. Its related words hold trust together with being firm and steady.
ALSO GROWS
pístis: trust
πίστις
This noun names the trust expressed by “believing” in the verse.
pistós: firm, steady, trustworthy
πιστός
This related word shows the steadiness carried by the same root family.
THE PATTERN
A path’s identity is disclosed by the God it serves and the trust that steadies it.
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;THE THREAD
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.Both verses use the Greek word ὁδός (hodós, way or path) for the way under discussion. Here it appears beside an accusation; there, it names the path people are found within, making the contested label and the continuing way visible together.
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