What Does John 14:1 Mean in the King James?
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
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 same Greek word is first heard as “ye believe” and then as “believe also”: trust in God extends to Jesus.
THE MEANING
Your unsettled heart is addressed in the present, with trust named alongside the disturbance. The same Greek form of “believe” appears twice: first as “ye believe,” then as “believe also,” linking trust in God with trust in Jesus. Here, believing is reliance, weight placed on the one trusted, not bare agreement.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the idea that a troubled heart proves trust is absent: the verse speaks to a heart in disturbance while also naming trust.
THE ROOT
πιστεύετε
pisteuete
GROWS FROM
πιστ-
pist-
Trust, rely on, entrust.
“believe” in this verse is pisteuete. The same form πιστεύετε appears twice; it can be read as either “you trust” or “trust,” and the KJV presents the first as existing trust and the second as its extension to Jesus. The word carries reliance, placing your weight on someone, not merely assent to an idea.
ALSO GROWS
pistis: trust, reliance
πίστις
This noun names the reliance the verse directs toward God and Jesus.
pistos: firm, trustworthy
πιστός
The related word describes the reliability on which trust can rest.
ταρασσέσθω
tarassesthō
GROWS FROM
ταρασσ-
tarass-
To stir, agitate, unsettle.
The verb carries motion: the heart is being stirred, rather than simply possessing a fixed identity called “troubled.” The same root can name inward agitation and outward tumult, describing disturbance without making it a verdict about the person.
ALSO GROWS
tarassō: to stir, agitate
ταράσσω
This is the verb’s lexical form; here it describes the heart being unsettled.
tarachos: turmoil, disturbance
τάραχος
Acts 19:23 uses this related noun for a public disturbance, showing the root can describe unrest within a person or among many.
THE PATTERN
Trust steadies the heart by placing its weight on the one it relies on.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.THE THREAD
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.The same Greek verb for “troubled” returns here, paired with “afraid.” The verse names the peace Jesus gives alongside the very agitation addressed in John 14:1, opening trust as reliance amid a still-stirred heart.
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