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10:17, 18), was “taken (from the earth),” Acts 8:33 (quoted from the Sept. of Isa. 53:8).
In John 15:2 it is used in the Lord’s statement, “Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit,
He taketh it away.” This does not contemplate members of the “body” of Christ, but
those who (just as a graft which being inserted, does not “abide” or “strike”) are merely
professed followers, giving only the appearance of being joined to the parent stem.
The Law described in Col. 2:14 as “the bond written in ordinances that was against
us,” Christ “took” out of the way at His cross. In 1 Cor. 5:2,
is used in the best texts
(some have No. 14), of the divine judgment which would have been exercised in “taking
away” from the church the incestuous delinquent, had they mourned before God. See
AWAY
,
BEAR
, No. 9, etc.
13.
(
&$
, 522), “to lift off” ( , “from,” and No. 12), is used, in the
passive voice, of Christ, metaphorically as the Bridegroom of His followers, Matt. 9:15;
Mark 2:20; Luke 5:35.¶
14.
@
(
# &$
, 1808), “to take away,” is used of “putting away” a person in
church discipline, 1 Cor. 5:13; for this verb as a variant reading in v. 2, see No. 12.¶
15.
(
# &$
, 1869), “to lift, raise,” is used in the passive voice and rendered
“He was taken up” in Acts 1:9. See
EXALT
,
HOIST
,
LIFT
.
16.
(
$!
, 337), “to take up” ( , “up,” and
, “to take”), is used of
Pharaoh’s daughter in “taking up” the infant Moses, Acts 7:21; of God’s act in “taking
away” the typical animal sacrifices under the Law, Heb. 10:9. See
DEATH
, C, No. 2,
KILL
,
SLAY
.
17.
(
$!
, 851), “to take away” ( ), is used with this meaning in
Luke 1:25; 10:42; 16:3; Rom. 11:27, of the “removal” of the sins of Israel; Heb. 10:4, of
the impossibility of the “removal” of sins by offerings under the Law; in Rev. 22:19
(twice). See
CUT
, No. 8.
18.
(
$!
, 2507), “to take down” (
), besides its meaning of
“putting down by force,” was the technical term for the “removal” of the body afler
crucifixion, Mark 15:36, 46; Luke 23:53; Acts 13:29. See
CAST
, No. 14.
19.
(
$ $!
, 4014), “to take away that which surrounds” ( ,
“around”), is used (a) literally, of “casting off” anchors, Acts 27:40,
RV
(
KJV
, “having
taken up”); 28:13 in some texts, for
, “to make a circuit”; (b)
metaphorically, of “taking away” the veil off the hearts of Israel, 2 Cor. 3:16; of hope of
rescue, Acts 27:20; of sins (negatively), Heb. 10:11.¶
20.
(
!
, 1209), “to receive,” is rendered “take (thy bond,
RV
,
KJV
,
bill)” in Luke 16:6, 7; “take (the helmet of salvation),” Eph. 6:17, suggesting a heartiness
in the “taking.” See
ACCEPT
, No. 1,
RECEIVE
.
21.
(
$ !
, 4327), “to receive favorably,” is rendered “took” in
Heb. 10:34. See
ACCEPT
, No. 3.
22.
(
$ !
, 2902), “to take hold of, get possession of,” is translated “to take”
in Matt. 9:25; 22:6; 26:4; Mark 1:31; 5:41; 9:27; 14:1, 44, 46, 49; Luke 8:54; Acts 24:6.
See
HOLD
, No. 6.