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, 1748), “to lie in wait for, to lay wait for” (from , “in,” and
, “a seat,” cf. B), occurs in Luke 11:54, “laying wait for”; Acts 23:21, “there lie in
wait for.Ӧ
Note:
In Acts 23:30, the word
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, “a plot,” necessitates the
RV
“(that there
would be) a plot.” For Eph. 4:14,
KJV
, see
WILES
.
B. Noun.
or
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, 1747) (
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, 1749), akin to A, “a lying in wait, an
ambush,” occurs in Acts 23:16 (where some mss. have the form
); 25:3, “laying
wait,” lit., “making an ambush.”¶ In the Sept., Josh. 8:7, 9; Ps. 10:8.¶
LIFE, LIVING, LIFETIME, LIFE-GIVING
A. Nouns.
1.
(
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, 2222) (Eng., “zoo,” “zoology”) is used in the NT “of life as a principle,
life in the absolute sense, life as God has it, that which the Father has in Himself, and
which He gave to the Incarnate Son to have in Himself, John 5:26, and which the Son
manifested in the world, 1 John 1:2. From this life man has become alienated in
consequence of the Fall, Eph. 4:18, and of this life men become partakers through faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ, John 3:15, who becomes its Author to all such as trust in Him, Acts
3:15, and who is therefore said to be ‘the life’ of the believer, Col. 3:4, for the life that He
gives He maintains, John 6:35, 63. Eternal life is the present actual possession of the
believer because of his relationship with Christ, John 5:24; 1 John 3:14, and that it will
one day extend its domain to the sphere of the body is assured by the Resurrection of
Christ, 2 Cor. 5:4; 2 Tim. 1:10. This life is not merely a principle of power and mobility,
however, for it has moral associations which are inseparable from it, as of holiness and
righteousness. Death and sin, life and holiness, are frequently contrasted in the Scriptures.
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is also used of that which is the common possession of all animals and men by
nature, Acts 17:25; 1 John 5:16, and of the present sojourn of man upon the earth with
reference to its duration, Luke 16:25; 1 Cor. 15:19; 1 Tim. 4:8; 1 Pet. 3:10. ‘This life’ is a
term equivalent to ‘the gospel,’ ‘the faith,’ ‘Christianity,’ Acts 5:20.”*
Death came through sin, Rom. 5:12, which is rebellion against God. Sin thus involved
the forfeiting of the “life.” “The life of the flesh is in the blood,” Lev. 17:11. Therefore
the impartation of “life” to the sinner must be by a death caused by the shedding of that
element which is the life of the flesh. “It is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of
the life” (
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RV
). The separation from God caused by the forfeiting of the “life” could be
removed only by a sacrifice in which the victim and the offerer became identified. This
which was appointed in the typical offerings in Israel received its full accomplishment in
the voluntary sacrifice of Christ. The shedding of the blood in the language of Scripture
involves the taking or the giving of the “life.” Since Christ had no sins of his own to die
for, His death was voluntary and vicarious, John 10:15 with Isa. 53:5, 10, 12; 2 Cor. 5:21.
In His sacrifice He endured the divine judgment due to man’s sin. By this means the
believer becomes identified with Him in His deathless “life,” through His resurrection,
and enjoys conscious and eternal fellowship with God.
* From
Notes on Galatians,
by Hogg and Vine. pp. 324-325.