a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders

1. specifically applied to the twelve apostles of Christ

2. in a broader sense applied to other eminent Christian teachers

   1. of Barnabas

   2. of Timothy and Silvanus

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

but, moreover, and, etc.

to cause to pass through a place

to carry across

to journey through a place, go through

to travel through

doctrine, decree, ordinance

1. of public decrees

2. of the Roman Senate

3. of rulers

the rules and requirements of the law of Moses; carrying a suggestion of severity and of threatened judgment

of certain decrees of the apostles relative to right living

in, by, with etc.

Jerusalem = "set ye double peace"

1. denotes either the city itself or the inhabitants

2. "the Jerusalem that now is", with its present religious institutions, i.e. the Mosaic system, so designated from its primary external location

3. "Jerusalem that is above", that is existing in heaven, according to the pattern of which the earthly Jerusalem was supposed to be built

   1. metaph. "the City of God founded by Christ", now wearing the form of the church, but after Christ's return to put on the form of the perfected Messianic kingdom

4. "the heavenly Jerusalem", that is the heavenly abode of God, Christ, the angels, saints of the Old and New Testament periods and those Christians that are alive at Christ's return

5. "the New Jerusalem", a splendid visible city to be let down from heaven after the renovation of the world, the future abode of the blessed

and, also, even, indeed, but

to separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose

to approve, esteem, to prefer

to be of opinion, deem, think, to be of opinion

to determine, resolve, decree

to judge

1. to pronounce an opinion concerning right and wrong

   1. to be judged, i.e. summoned to trial that one's case may be examined and judgment passed upon it

2. to pronounce judgment, to subject to censure

   1. of those who act the part of judges or arbiters in matters of common life, or pass judgment on the deeds and words of others

to rule, govern

1. to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions, because it was the prerogative of kings and rulers to pass judgment

to contend together, of warriors and combatants

1. to dispute

2. in a forensic sense

   1. to go to law, have suit at law

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

to give into the hands (of another)

to give over into (one's) power or use

1. to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, manage

2. to deliver up one to custody, to be judged, condemned, punished, scourged, tormented, put to death

3. to deliver up treacherously

   1. by betrayal to cause one to be taken

   2. to deliver one to be taught, moulded

to commit, to commend

to deliver verbally

1. commands, rites

2. to deliver by narrating, to report

to permit allow

1. when the fruit will allow that is when its ripeness permits

2. gives itself up, presents itself

a city

1. one's native city, the city in which one lives

2. the heavenly Jerusalem

   1. the abode of the blessed in heaven

   2. of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire

3. the inhabitants of a city

elder, of age,

1. the elder of two people

2. advanced in life, an elder, a senior

   1. forefathers

a term of rank or office

1. among the Jews

   1. members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from elderly men)

   2. of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice

2. among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies (or churches) The NT uses the term bishop, elders, and presbyters interchangeably

3. the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court seated on thrones around the throne of God

by, under

to guard

1. to watch, keep watch

2. to guard or watch, have an eye upon: lest he escape

3. to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe

   1. lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc. to protect

   2. to protect one from a person or thing

   3. to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired

   4. to guard from being lost or perishing

   5. to guard one's self from a thing

4. to guard i.e. care for, take care not to violate

   1. to observe

to observe for one's self something to escape

1. to avoid, shun flee from

2. to guard for one's self (i.e. for one's safety's sake) so as not to violate, i.e. to keep, observe (the precepts of the Mosaic law)

as, like, even as, etc.