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of women, Esth. 2:12; for embalming, John 19:39; as an anodyne see B), it was one of
the gifts of the Magi, Matt. 2:11.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
$
&
, 4669) is used transitively in the NT, with the meaning “to
mingle or drug with myrrh,” Mark 15:23; the mixture was doubtless offered to deaden the
pain (Matthew’s word “gall” suggests that “myrrh” was not the only ingredient). Christ
refused to partake of any such means of alleviation; He would retain all His mental power
for the complete fulfillment of the Father’s will.¶
MYSELF
1.
$ $
(
#
, 1683), a reflexive pronoun, of the first person, lit., “of myself,”
is used (a) frequently after various prepositions, e.g.,
$
, “under,” Matt. 8:9; Luke 7:8;
RV
, “under myself”;
, “concerning,” John 5:31; 8:14, 18; Acts 24:10;
, “from,”
John 5:30; 7:17,
RV
, “from” (
KJV
, “of,” which is ambiguous); so v. 28; 8:28, 42; 10:18;
14:10 (
RV
, “from”);
, “unto,” John 12:32,
RV
, “unto Myself”; 14:3; Philem. 13, “with
me”;
, “to,” 1 Cor. 4:6;
$
, “on behalf of,” 2 Cor. 12:5; (
@
), “out of,” or “from,”
John 12:49,
RV
, “from Myself”; (b) as the direct object of a verb, Luke 7:7; John 8:54;
14:21; 17:19; Acts 26:2; 1 Cor. 4:3; 9:19; 2 Cor. 11:7, 9; Gal. 2:18; Phil. 3:13; (c) in
other oblique cases of the pronoun, without a preposition, e.g., Acts 20:24, “unto” (or to);
26:9, “with” (or “to”); Rom. 11:4,
RV
, “for” (
KJV
, “to”); 1 Cor. 4:4,
RV
, “against myself”
(
KJV
, inaccurately, “by”); in all these instances the pronoun is in the dative case; in 1 Cor.
10:33, “mine own” (the genitive case); in 1 Cor. 7:7, “I myself” (the accusative case).¶
2.
$
(
'
, 846), “self” (a) with
, “I,” “I myself,” Luke 24:39; Acts 10:26;
Rom. 7:25; 9:3; 2 Cor. 10:1; 12:13; (b) without the personal pronoun, Acts 24:16 (as the
subject of a verb); in the nominative case, Acts 25:22; 1 Cor. 9:27; Phil. 2:24; in the
genitive case, Rom. 16:2,
RV
, “of mine own self”
MYSTERY
$
(
)$
, 3466), primarily that which is known to the
$
, “the
initiated” (from
$
, “to initiate into the mysteries”; cf. Phil. 4:12,
$
, “I have
learned the secret,”
RV
). In the NT it denotes, not the mysterious (as with the Eng. word),
but that which, being outside the range of unassisted natural apprehension, can be made
known only by divine revelation, and is made known in a manner and at a time appointed
by God, and to those only who are illumined by His Spirit. In the ordinary sense a
“mystery” implies knowledge withheld; its Scriptural significance is truth revealed.
Hence the terms especially associated with the subject are “made known,” “manifested,”
“revealed,” “preached,” “understand,” “dispensation.” The definition given above may be
best illustrated by the following passage: “the mystery which hath been hid from all ages
and generations: but now hath it been manifested to His saints” (Col. 1:26,
RV
). “It is
used of:
“(a) spiritual truth generally, as revealed in the gospel, 1 Cor. 13:2; 14:2 [cf. 1 Tim.
3:9]. Among the ancient Greeks ‘the mysteries’ were religious rites and ceremonies
practiced by secret societies into which any one who so desired might be received. Those
who were initiated into these ‘mysteries’ became possessors of certain knowledge, which