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1.
(
1
, 364), “a remembrance” ( , “up,” or “again,” and A, No.
1), is used (a) in Christ’s command in the institution of the Lord’s Supper, Luke 22:19; 1
Cor. 11:24, 25, not “in memory of” but in an affectionate calling of the Person Himself to
mind; (b) of the “remembrance” of sins, Heb. 10:3,
RV
, “a remembrance” (
KJV
, “a
remembrance again”; but the prefix
does not here signify “again”); what is indicated,
in regard to the sacrifices under the Law, is not simply an external bringing to
“remembrance,” but an awakening of mind.¶ In the Sept., Lev. 24:7; Num. 10:10; Pss. 38
and 70, Titles.¶
2.
$
(
%
, 5280) denotes “a reminding, a reminder”; in 2 Tim. 1:5 it
is used with
, “to receive,” lit., “having received a reminder,”
RV
, “having been
reminded” (
KJV
, “when I call to remembrance”); in 2 Pet. 1:13 and 3:1, “remembrance.”¶
Note:
A distinction has been drawn between Nos. 1 and 2, in that
indicates
an unassisted recalling,
$
, a “remembrance” prompted by another.
3.
(
&
, 3417) denotes “a remembrance,” or “a mention.” See
MENTION
.
4.
(
)
, 3420) denotes “a memory” (akin to
, A, No. 1),
“remembrance, mention,” 2 Pet. 1:15, “remembrance”; here, however, it is used with
, “to make” (middle voice), and some suggest that the meaning is “to make
mention.Ӧ
REMISSION, REMIT
A. Nouns.
1.
(
/
, 859), “a dismissal, release” (from
, B), is used of the
forgiveness of sins and translated “remission” in Matt. 26:28; Mark 1:4; Luke 1:77; 3:3;
24:47; Acts 2:38; 5:31 (
KJV
, “forgiveness”); 10:43; 13:38,
RV
(
KJV
, “forgiveness”); 26:18
(ditto); Heb. 9:22; 10:18. See
FORGIVE
, B, and A, No. 1.
2.
(
1$
, 3929), “a passing by of debt or sin,” Rom. 3:25,
KJV
, “remission”
(
RV
and
KJV
marg., “passing over”). See
PASSING OVER
.¶
Note:
No. 2 is a matter of forbearance, No. 1 a matter of grace.
B. Verb.
(
&
, 863), “to send away” (akin to A, No. 1), is translated “to remit” in
John 20:23 (twice),
KJV
(
RV
, “to forgive”). Scripture makes clear that the Lord’s words
could not have been intended to bestow the exercise of absolution, which Scripture
declares is the prerogative of God alone. There is no instance in the NT of this act on the
part of the apostles. The words are to be understood in a “declarative” sense; the
statement has regard to the effects of their ministry of the gospel, with its twofold effects
of “remission” or retention. They could not, nor could anyone subsequently, forgive sins,
any more than that Joseph actually restored the butler to his office and hanged the baker
(Gen. 41:13), or any more than that the prophets actually accomplished things when they
declared that they were about to be done (Jer. 1:10; Ezek. 43:3). See
FORGIVE
, No. 1.
REMNANT