What Does John 8:30 Mean in the King James?
As he spake these words, many believed on him.
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
“Believed on him” describes trust directed toward a person, not an idea detached from the one speaking.
THE MEANING
Jesus’ words meet you, and trust takes shape as reliance directed toward him. The next verse makes this response a beginning: his word is to continue within you.
THE ROOT
ἐπίστευσαν
episteusan
GROWS FROM
πιστ-
pist-
Firm, steady; trustworthy. In this verb, to trust, to lean your full weight on.
“believed” in this verse is episteusan. The verb belongs to a Greek word family that joins trust with firmness and reliability. That connection lets the verse hold both the response to Jesus’ words and the reliance directed toward him.
ALSO GROWS
pistis: Trust; reliance.
πίστις
This noun names the trust that the verb describes as many hear Jesus speak.
pistos: Firm, steady; trustworthy.
πιστός
This branch reveals the firmness within the word family of trust.
THE PATTERN
Trust awakens through hearing a word and turns toward the one the word reveals.
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.THE THREAD
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.John’s “believed” and Romans’ “faith” come from the same Greek word family of trust and firmness. Together they connect hearing the word with the trust it awakens.
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