without beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be

without beginning

without end, never to cease, everlasting

to bring tidings (from a person or a thing), bring word, report

to proclaim, to make known openly, declare

I, me, my

to be, to exist, to happen, to be present

life

1. the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate

2. every living soul

life

1. of the absolute fulness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic "logos" and to Christ in whom the "logos" put on human nature

2. life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last for ever.

us, we, our

I was, etc.

and, also, even, indeed, but

to be a witness, to bear witness, i.e. to affirm that one has seen or heard or experienced something, or that he knows it because taught by divine revelation or inspiration

1. to give (not to keep back) testimony

2. to utter honourable testimony, give a good report

3. conjure, implore

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

to see with the eyes

to see with the mind, to perceive, know

to see, i.e. become acquainted with by experience, to experience

to see, to look to

1. to take heed, beware

2. to care for, pay heed to

I was seen, showed myself, appeared

whoever, whatever, who

generator or male ancestor

1. either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents

2. a more remote ancestor, the founder of a family or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and David

   1. fathers i.e. ancestors, forefathers, founders of a nation

3. one advanced in years, a senior

metaph.

1. the originator and transmitter of anything

   1. the authors of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself

   2. one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds

2. one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way

3. a title of honour

   1. teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received

   2. the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others

God is called the Father

1. of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler

2. of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector

   1. of spiritual beings and of all men

3. of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as a stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father

4. the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out among men the plan of salvation, and made to share also in his own divine nature

   1. by Jesus Christ himself

   2. by the apostles

to the advantage of

at, near, by

to, towards, with, with regard to

you

you

to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest, whether by words, or deeds, or in any other way

1. make actual and visible, realised

2. to make known by teaching

3. to become manifest, be made known

4. of a person

   1. expose to view, make manifest, to show one's self, appear

5. to become known, to be plainly recognised, thoroughly understood

   1. who and what one is