What Does John 18:29 Mean in the King James?
Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
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
An accusation is a spoken claim someone must bring into the open before it can become a judgment.
THE MEANING
An accusation is something brought against a person; it is not itself a verdict. The question asks for the charge to be named before the person is judged. When a claim is made about you, the claim and the person remain distinct.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Being accused does not, by itself, mean you are guilty; the charge must be stated before it can be judged.
THE ROOT
κατηγορία
katēgoria
GROWS FROM
ἀγορεύω (agoreuō), in κατηγορέω (katēgoreō)
To speak publicly; with κατά (kata), to speak against someone.
The Greek word joins speaking against someone with speech before an assembly: an accusation is a claim put into public words. Here the question asks the accusers to bring that claim forward; the word itself does not make it a verdict.
ALSO GROWS
katēgoreō: Accuse; bring a charge.
κατηγορέω
It names the act of speaking a charge against someone.
katēgoros: Accuser.
κατήγορος
It names the person who brings the charge into the open.
agora: Public gathering or marketplace.
ἀγορά
It shares the word-family behind speaking publicly, carrying the accusation into the public hearing.
THE PATTERN
A charge must be stated and established before it can stand as judgment.
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.THE THREAD
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.The word translated “accusation” is the same Greek noun in both verses. Here the charge is asked for; in 1 Timothy, witnesses mark what is required for that charge to be received.
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