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Note:
In Rev. 22:18 some texts have
$
$
, “to bear witness with.” See
WITNESS
.
TESTIMONY
1.
$
(
$ "$
, 3142), “a testimony, witness,” is almost entirely translated
“testimony” in both
KJV
and
RV
. The only place where both have “witness” is Acts 4:33.
In Acts 7:44 and Jas. 5:3, the
RV
has “testimony” (
KJV
, “witness”).
In 2 Thess. 1:10, “our testimony unto you,”
RV
, refers to the fact that the missionaries,
besides proclaiming the truths of the gospel, had borne witness to the power of these
truths.
$
, “the thing preached, the message,” is objective, having especially to do
with the effect on the hearers;
$
is mainly subjective, having to do especially
with the preacher’s personal experience. In 1 Tim. 2:6 the
RV
is important, “the testimony
(i.e., of the gospel)
in its own times,” i.e., in the times divinely appointed for
it, namely, the present age, from Pentecost till the church is complete. In Rev. 15:5, in the
phrase, “the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in Heaven,” the “testimony” is the
witness to the rights of God, denied and refused on earth, but about to be vindicated by
the exercise of the judgments under the pouring forth of the seven bowls or vials of
divine retribution. See
WITNESS
.
2.
$
(
$ $&
, 3141), “witness, evidence, testimony,” is almost always
rendered “witness” in the
RV
(for
KJV
, “testimony” in John 3:32, 33; 5:34; 8:17; 21:24,
and always for
KJV
, “record,” e.g., 1 John 5:10, 11), except in Acts 22:18 and in the
Apocalypse, where both, with one exception, have “testimony,” 1:2, 9; 6:9; 11:7; 12:11,
17; 19:10 (twice); 20:4 (
KJV
, “witness”). In 19:10, “the testimony of Jesus” is objective,
the “testimony” or witness given to Him (cf. 1:2, 9; as to those who will bear it, see Rev.
12:17,
RV
). The statement “the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy,” is to be
understood in the light, e.g., of the “testimony” concerning Christ and Israel in the
Psalms, which will be used by the godly Jewish remnant in the coming time of “Jacob’s
Trouble.” All such “testimony” centers in and points to Christ. See
WITNESS
.
TETRARCH
A. Noun.
or
(
$1$
, 5076) denotes “one of four rulers” (
,
“four,”
, “rule”), properly, “the governor of the fourth part of a region”; hence, “a
dependent princeling,” or “any petty ruler” subordinate to kings or ethnarchs; in the NT,
Herod Antipas, Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:19; 9:7; Acts 13:1.¶
B. Verb.
or
(
$ $ !
, 5075), “to be a tetrarch,” occurs in Luke 3:1
(thrice), of Herod Antipas, his brother Philip and Lysanias. Antipas and Philip each
inherited a fourth part of his father’s dominions. Inscriptions bear witness to the accuracy
of Luke’s details.¶
For
THAN
see
†
, p. 1
†
Indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt
with in this volume.