What Does Mark 11:22 Mean in the King James?
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
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
Pistis is trust that places your full weight on God.
THE MEANING
Jesus’ words meet you now as a call to rely on God with your full weight. This trust is more than agreement with an idea; it is reliance that holds even when the way ahead is uncertain.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that faith is merely agreeing that God exists: the verse speaks of reliance placed in God.
THE ROOT
πίστις
pistis
GROWS FROM
πιστ-
pist-
Trust and confidence; being persuaded. The word-family is related to πείθω (peithō), meaning to persuade or win trust.
The same family includes trust, the act of trusting, and what is trustworthy. “Faith” here carries the sense of leaning your full weight on God, not simply holding a belief in your mind.
ALSO GROWS
pisteuō: Trust, believe
πιστεύω
The verb form shows pistis as an active reliance, not just an idea you hold.
pistos: Trustworthy, firm, steady
πιστός
This branch connects trust with the reliability that can bear the weight placed on it.
יֵשׁוּעַ
Yeshua
GROWS FROM
ישע
y-sh-ʿ
Deliver; bring out from constriction into spaciousness.
“Jesus” in this verse is Yeshua. The name Yeshua grows from יָשַׁע (yasha), to deliver. The one speaking of trust bears a name shaped by deliverance: the movement from narrowness toward spaciousness.
ALSO GROWS
yasha: Deliver, bring out
יָשַׁע
This root gives the name its movement toward freedom from constriction.
yeshuah: Deliverance
יְשׁוּעָה
This branch names the spaciousness into which deliverance brings you.
THE PATTERN
Trust places the weight of your life in God and steadies you beyond what your own understanding can secure.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;THE THREAD
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.The connected verse places “I believe” beside “unbelief”; both use the Greek πιστ- (pist-, trust) word-family. Trust can be spoken honestly even while uncertainty is still present.
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