of separation

1. of local separation, after verbs of motion from a place i.e. of departing, of fleeing,...

2. of separation of a part from the whole

   1. where of a whole some part is taken

3. of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed

4. of a state of separation, that is of distance

   1. physical, of distance of place

   2. temporal, of distance of time

of origin

1. of the place whence anything is, comes, befalls, is taken

2. of origin of a cause

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

royal power, kingship, dominion, rule

1. not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom

2. of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah

3. of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah's kingdom

a kingdom, the territory subject to the rule of a king

used in the N.T. to refer to the reign of the Messiah

but, moreover, and, etc.

to testify

1. earnestly, religiously to charge

to attest, testify to, solemnly affirm

1. to give solemn testimony to one

2. to confirm a thing by testimony, to testify, cause it to be believed

into, unto, to, towards, for, among

to place or set out, put outside, expose

to set up, exhibit

metaph. to set forth, declare, expound

evening, eventide

till, until

to have come, have arrived, be present

metaph.

1. to come to one, i.e. to seek an intimacy with one, become his follower: to come upon one (unexpectedly)

2. to come upon one, of things endured

the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night

1. in the daytime

2. metaph., "the day" is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness

of the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night)

1. Eastern usage of this term differs from our western usage. Any part of a day is counted as a whole day, hence the expression "three days and three nights" does not mean literally three whole days, but at least one whole day plus part of two other days.

of the last day of this present age, the day Christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom

used of time in general, i.e. the days of his life.

a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities

the Godhead, trinity

1. God the Father, the first person in the trinity

2. Christ, the second person of the trinity

3. Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity

spoken of the only and true God

1. refers to the things of God

2. his counsels, interests, things due to him

whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way

1. God's representative or viceregent

   1. of magistrates and judges

Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"

1. Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate

2. Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ

3. Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor (Ac. 7:45, Heb. 4:8)

4. Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ (Lu. 3:29)

5. Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel (Col. 4:11)

and, also, even, indeed, but

Moses = "drawing out"

1. the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain sense the founder of the Jewish religion. He wrote the first five books of the Bible, commonly referred to as the Books of Moses.

anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command

1. of any law whatsoever

   1. a law or rule producing a state approved of God

      1. by the observance of which is approved of God

   2. a precept or injunction

   3. the rule of action prescribed by reason

2. of the Mosaic law, and referring, acc. to the context. either to the volume of the law or to its contents

3. the Christian religion: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, esp. the precept concerning love

4. the name of the more important part (the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the OT

hospitality, hospitable reception

a lodging place, lodgings

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

who, which, what, that

persuade

1. to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe

2. to make friends of, to win one's favour, gain one's good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one

3. to tranquillise

4. to persuade unto i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something

be persuaded

1. to be persuaded, to suffer one's self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing

   1. to believe

   2. to be persuaded of a thing concerning a person

2. to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with

to trust, have confidence, be confident

about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near

greater in quantity

1. the more part, very many

greater in quality, superior, more excellent

to the advantage of

at, near, by

to, towards, with, with regard to

in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things

one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation

1. the OT prophets, having foretold the kingdom, deeds and death, of Jesus the Messiah.

2. of John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah

3. of the illustrious prophet, the Jews expected before the advent of the Messiah

4. the Messiah

5. of men filled with the Spirit of God, who by God's authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges salvation of men

6. of prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among Christians

   1. they are associated with the apostles

   2. they discerned and did what is best for the Christian cause, foretelling certain future events. (Acts 11:27)

   3. in the religious assemblies of the Christians, they were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak, having power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, and stimulate, their hearers

a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration)

1. of Epimenides (Tit. 1:12)

in the morning, early

the fourth watch of the night, from 3 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock approximately

to put in order, to station

1. to place in a certain order, to arrange, to assign a place, to appoint

   1. to assign (appoint) a thing to one

2. to appoint, ordain, order

   1. to appoint on one's own responsibility or authority

   2. to appoint mutually, i.e. agree upon

not only... but also

both... and

as... so