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1.
(
!
, 649), lit., “to send forth” ( , “from”), akin to
,
“an apostle,” denotes (a) “to send on service, or with a commission.” (1) of persons;
Christ, sent by the Father, Matt. 10:40; 15:24; 21:37; Mark 9:37; 12:6; Luke 4:18, 43;
9:48; 10:16; John 3:17; 5:36, 38; 6:29, 57; 7:29; 8:42; 10:36; 11:42; 17:3, 8, 18 (1st part),
21, 23, 25; 20:21; Acts 3:20 (future); 3:26; 1 John 4:9, 10, 14; the Holy Spirit, Luke
24:49 (in some texts; see No. 3); 1 Pet. 1:12; Rev. 5:6; Moses, Acts 7:35; John the
Baptist, John 1:6; 3:28; disciples and apostles, e.g., Matt. 10:16; Mark 11:1; Luke 22:8;
John 4:38; 17:18 (2nd part); Acts 26:17; servants, e.g., Matt. 21:34; Luke 20:10; officers
and officials, Mark 6:27; John 7:32; Acts 16:35; messengers, e.g., Acts 10:8, 17, 20;
15:27; evangelists, Rom. 10:15; angels, e.g., Matt. 24:31; Mark 13:27; Luke 1:19, 26;
Heb. 1:14; Rev. 1:1; 22:6; demons, Mark 5:10; (2) of things, e.g., Matt. 21:3; Mark 4:29,
RV
, marg., “sendeth forth,” text, “putteth forth” (
KJV
, “… in”); Acts 10:36; 11:30; 28:28;
(b) “to send away, dismiss,” e.g., Mark 8:26; 12:3; Luke 4:18, “to set (at liberty).” See
Note
below, No. 2.
2.
(
!
, 3992), “to send,” is used (a) of persons: Christ, by the Father, Luke
20:13; John 4:34; 5:23, 24, 30, 37; 6:38, 39, (40), 44; 7:16, 18, 28, 33; 8:16, 18, 26, 29;
9:4; 12:44, 45, 49; 13:20 (2nd part); 14:24; 15:21; 16:5; Rom. 8:3; the Holy Spirit, John
14:26; 15:26; 16:7; Elijah, Luke 4:26; John the Baptist, John 1:33; disciples and apostles,
e.g., Matt. 11:2; John 20:21; servants, e.g., Luke 20:11, 12; officials, Matt. 14:10;
messengers, e.g., Acts 10:5, 32, 33; 15:22, 25; 2 Cor. 9:3, Eph. 6:22; Phil. 2:19, 23, 25; 1
Thess. 3:2, 5; Titus 3:12; a prisoner, Acts 25:25, 27; potentates, by God, 1 Pet. 2:14; an
angel, Rev. 22:16, demons, Mark 5:12; (b) of things, Acts 11:29; Phil. 4:16; 2 Thess.
2:11; Rev. 1:11; 11:10; 14:15, 18,
RV
, “send forth” (
KJV
, “thrust in”).
Notes:
(1)
8
is a more general term than
;
usually “suggests
official or authoritative sending” (Thayer). A comparison of the usages mentioned above
shows how nearly (in some cases practically quite) interchangeably they are used, and yet
on close consideration the distinction just mentioned is discernible; in the Gospel of John,
cf.
in 5:23, 24, 30, 37,
in 5:33, 36, 38;
in 6:38, 39, 44,
in 6:29, 57; the two are not used simply for the sake of variety of expression.
8
is
not used in the Lord’s prayer in ch. 17, whereas
is used six times.
(2) The “sending” of the Son by the Father was from the glory which He had with the
Father into the world, by way of the Incarnation, not a “sending” out into the world after
His birth, as if denoting His mission among and His manifestation to the people.
“Hofmann, in support of his view that Jesus is called the Son of God only in virtue of His
being born of man, vainly urges that the simple accusative after
also denotes
what the Person is or becomes by being sent. What he states is true but only when the
name of the object spoken of is chosen to correspond with the purposed mission, as e.g.,
in Mark 1:2; Luke 14:32; 19:14. We can no more say, ‘God sent Jesus that He should be
His Son’ than we can render ‘he sent his servants,’ Matt. 21:34, in this manner. That the
Sonship of Christ is anterior to His mission to the world … is clear from John 16:28; cf.
especially also the double accusative in 1 John 4:14, ‘the Father sent the Son the Savior
of the world.’ The expression that Jesus is sent by God denotes the mission which He has
to fulfill and the authority which backs Him” (Cremer,
6 @
7 :
5
).