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Acts 27:21, “should”; 2 Cor. 11:30; in the case of Christ, by reason of the Father’s will,
e.g., Luke 2:49; 19:5; (c) of necessity as to what is required that something may be
brought about, e.g., Luke 12:12, “ought”; John 3:7; Acts 9:6; 1 Cor. 11:19; Heb. 9:26; (d)
of a necessity of law, duty, equity, e.g., Matt. 18:33 , “shouldest”; 23:23, “ought”; Luke
15:32, “it was meet”; Acts 15:5, “it is needful” (
RV
); Rom. 1:27,
RV
, “was due,”
KJV
,
“was meet” (of a recompense due by the law of God); frequently requiring the rendering
“ought,” e.g., Rom. 8:26; 12:3; 1 Cor. 8:2; (e) of necessity arising from the determinate
will and counsel of God, e.g., Matt. 17:10; 24:6; 26:54; 1 Cor. 15:53, especially regarding
the salvation of men through the death, resurrection and ascension of Christ, e.g., John
3:14; Acts 3:21; 4:12. See
BEHOVE
, No. 2 (where see the differences in the meanings of
synonymous words),
MEET
,
NEED
,
NEEDFUL
,
OUGHT
,
SHOULD
.
2.
(
A &
, 3784), “to owe,” is rendered “must … needs” in 1 Cor. 5:10. See
BEHOVE
, No. 1.
Notes:
(1) In Mark 14:49,
KJV
, the conjunction
with the subjunctive mood, “in
order that,” is represented by “must” (
RV
, “that … might”). (2) In Heb. 13:17,
KJV
, the
future participle of
, “to give,” is translated “they that must give” (
RV
, “they
that shall give”). (3) In 2 Pet. 1:14,
KJV
, the verb “to be,” with
, “a putting off,”
is translated “I must put off,”
RV
, “(the) putting off … cometh,” lit., “is (swift).” (4)
Sometimes the infinitive mood of a verb, with or without the article, is necessarily
rendered by a phrase involving the word “must,” e.g., 1 Pet. 4:17,
KJV
, “must (begin)”; or
“should,” Heb. 4:6,
RV
, “should” (
KJV
“must”). (5) Sometimes the subjunctive mood of a
verb, used as a deliberative, is rendered “must,” etc., John 6:28, “(what) must (we do),
RV
(
KJV
, shall).
MUSTARD
(
&
, 4615), a word of Egyptian origin, is translated “mustard seed” in the
NT. “The conditions to be fulfilled by the mustard are that it should be a familiar plant,
with a very small seed, Matt. 17:20; Luke 17:6, sown in the earth, growing larger than
garden herbs, Matt. 13:31, having large branches, Mark 4:31, … attractive to birds, Luke
13:19 [
RV
, ‘(became) a tree’]. The cultivated mustard is
. The seed is well
known for its minuteness. The mustards are annuals, reproduced with extraordinary
rapidity … In fat soil they often attain a height of 10 or 12 feet, and have branches which
attract passing birds” (A. E. Post, in
B
0 ! 4 !
).¶
The correct
RV
translation in Matt. 13:32, “greater than the herbs,” for the
KJV
,
“greatest among herbs” (the “mustard” is not a herb), should be noted.
As the parable indicates, Christendom presents a sort of Christianity that has become
conformed to the principles and ways of the world, and the world has favored this
debased Christianity. Contrast the testimony of the NT, e.g., in John 17:14; Gal. 6:14; 1
Pet. 2:11; 1 John 3:1.
MUTUAL
Note:
This is the
KJV
rendering of the phrase
in Rom. 1:12, translated in
the
RV
, “each of us by the other’s (faith).” See
OTHER
, No. 5.
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