Through amplification, you’ll gain a better understanding of what the Hebrew and Greek listener instinctively understood. Take, for example, the Greek word pisteuo, which the vast majority of the versions render as “believe.” That simple translation, however, hardly does justice to the many meanings contained in the Greek pisteuo: “to adhere to, cleave to; to trust; to have faith in; to rely on, to depend on.” Notice the subtle shades of meaning that are unlocked in John 11:25: