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miraculous acts (1) as tokens of divine authority and power, e.g., Matt. 12:38, 39 (1st
part); John 2:11,
RV
, “signs”; 3:2 (ditto); 4:54, “(the second) sign,”
RV
; 10:41 (ditto);
20:30; in 1 Cor. 1:22, “the Jews ask for signs,”
RV
, indicates that the Apostles were met
with the same demand from Jews as Christ had been: “signs were vouchsafed in plenty,
signs of God’s power and love, but these were not the signs which they sought.… They
wanted signs of an outward Messianic Kingdom, of temporal triumph, of material
greatness for the chosen people.… With such cravings the Gospel of a ‘crucified
Messiah’ was to them a stumblingblock indeed” (Lightfoot); 1 Cor. 14:22; (2) by
demons, Rev. 16:14; (3) by false teachers or prophets, indications of assumed authority,
e.g., Matt. 24:24; Mark 13:22; (4) by Satan through his special agents, 2 Thess. 2:9; Rev.
13:13, 14; 19:20; (d) of tokens portending future events, e. g., Matt. 24:3, where “the sign
of the Son of Man” signifies, subjectively, that the Son of Man is Himself the “sign” of
what He is about to do; Mark 13:4; Luke 21:7, 11, 25; Acts 2:19; Rev. 12:1,
RV
; 12:3,
RV
;
15:1.
“Signs” confirmatory of what God had accomplished in the atoning sacrifice of
Christ, His resurrection and ascension, and of the sending of the Holy Spirit, were given
to the Jews for their recognition, as at Pentecost, and supernatural acts by apostolic
ministry, as well as by the supernatural operations in the churches, such as the gift of
tongues and prophesyings; there is no record of the continuance of these latter after the
circumstances recorded in Acts 19:1-20.
2.
(
$1
, 3902), an adjective meaning “marked at the side” (
,
“beside,”
, “a mark”), is used in Acts 28:11 as a noun denoting the figurehead of a
vessel.¶
SIGNS (to make)
$
(
#
"
, 1770), “to nod to” ( , “in,”
$
, “to nod”), denotes “to make a
sign to” in Luke 1:62.¶ In the Sept., Prov. 6:13; 10:10.¶
Note:
For
$
, Luke 1:22,
RV
, see
BECKON
, No. 2.
For
SIGNIFICATION,
1 Cor. 14:10
, see
DUMB
, No. 2
SIGNIFY
1.
(
&
, 4591), “to give a sign, indicate” (
, “a sign”: cf.
SIGN
, No.
1), “to signify,” is so translated in John 12:33; 18:32; 21:19; Acts 11:28; 25:27; Rev. 1:1,
where perhaps the suggestion is that of expressing by signs.¶
2.
(
, 1213), “to make plain” (
, “evident”), is translated “to signify”
in 1 Cor. 1:11,
RV
, “it hath been signified” (
KJV
, “declared”); Heb. 9:8; 12:27; 1 Pet. 1:11,
KJV
(
RV
, “point unto”); 2 Pet. 1:14,
RV
, “signified” (
KJV
, “hath showed”). See
POINT
(unto).
3.
(
#
&
, 1718), “to manifest, make known,” is translated “signify”
in Acts 23:15; v. 22,
RV
(
KJV
, “hath showed”). See
APPEAR
, No. 5.
Note:
In Acts 21:26,
KJV
,
, “to announce,” is rendered “to signify” (
RV
,
“declaring”).
SILENCE
A. Noun.