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to which the subjects of His foreknowledge are “predestinated.” See
FOREKNOW
, A and
B.
PREEMINENCE (to have the)
1.
$
(
$ "
, 4409), “to be first” (
), “to be preeminent,” is used of
Christ in relation to the Church, Col. 1:18.¶
2.
$
(
$ "
, 5383), lit., “to love to be preeminent” (
,
“loving”), “to strive to be first,” is said of Diotrephes, 3 John 9.¶
PREFER, PREFERRING
(
$ !
, 4285), “to go before and lead,” is used in Rom. 12:10, in
the sense of taking the lead in showing deference one to another, “(in honor) preferring
one another.Ӧ
Notes:
(1) In John 1:15, 30,
KJV
,
, “to become,” is translated “is preferred”
(
RV
, “is become”); some mss. have it again in v. 27. (2) For
, 1 Tim. 5:21 (
KJV
,
“preferring one before another”), see
PREJUDICE
.
PREJUDICE
(
$
$
, 4299) denotes “prejudging” (akin to
, “to judge
beforehand”), 1 Tim. 5:21,
RV
, “prejudice” (marg., “preference”), preferring one person,
another being put aside, by unfavorable judgment due to partiality.¶
PREMEDITATE
Note:
This is the
KJV
rendering of
, “to care for,” which occurs in some mss.
in Mark 13:11, “(neither) do ye premeditate.” It is absent from the best mss. See
IMAGINE
.
PREPARATION, PREPARE, PREPARED
A. Nouns.
1.
(
=
&
, 2091) denotes (a) “readiness,” (b) “preparation”; it is found
in Eph. 6:15, of having the feet shod with the “preparation” of the gospel of peace; it also
has the meaning of firm footing (foundation), as in the Sept. of Ps. 89:14 (
RV
,
“foundation”); if that is the meaning in Eph. 6:15, the gospel itself is to be the firm
footing of the believer, his walk being worthy of it and therefore a testimony in regard to
it. See
READY
.¶
2.
$
(
$
)
, 3904) denotes “preparation, equipment.” The day on
which Christ died is called “the Preparation” in Mark 15:42 and John 19:31; in John
19:42 “the Jews’ Preparation,”
RV
; in 19:14 it is described as “the Preparation of the
Passover”; in Luke 23:54,
RV
, “the day of the Preparation (and the Sabbath drew on).”
The same day is in view in Matt. 27:62, where the events recorded took place on “the day
after the Preparation” (
RV
). The reference would be to the 6th day of the week. The title
arose from the need of preparing food etc. for the Sabbath. Apparently it was first applied
only to the afternoon of the 6th day; later, to the whole day. In regard to the phraseology
in John 19:14, many hold this to indicate the “preparation” for the paschal feast. It
probably means “the Preparation day,” and thus falls in line with the Synoptic Gospels. In
modern Greek and ecclesiastical Latin,
8 2
= Friday.¶