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Notes:
(1) In Gal. 2:6, the statement “it maketh no matter” translates the verb
, “to bear asunder, make a difference,” with
$
, “nothing,” used adverbially,
i.e., “it makes no difference (to me)”; his commission from the Lord relieved him of
responsibility to the authority of the apostles. (2) In 1 Cor. 9:11,
RV
, the neuter of the
adjective
, “great,” is translated “a great matter” (
KJV
, “a great thing”). (3) In Jas.
3:5,
KJV
,
$
, “a wood, forest,” is translated “a matter” (
RV
, and
KJV
marg., “wood”). In
older English the word “matter” actually meant “wood” (like its Latin original,
).
(4) In Acts 17:32, the
KJV
adds “
” to the pronoun “this,”
RV
, “(concerning) this.”
(5) In 2 Cor. 8:19,
RV
, the phrase, lit., “in this grace” is translated “in the matter of (
KJV
,
with) this grace.” (6) In 2 Cor. 8:20,
RV
, the phrase, lit., “in this bounty” is translated “in
the matter of this bounty” (
KJV
, “in this abundance”). (7) In 2 Cor. 9:5, the phrase, lit., “as
a bounty” is amplified to “as a matter of bounty.” (8) For 1 Pet. 4:15 see
BUSYBODY
. See
also
OTHER
,
THIS
,
THESE
,
WEIGHTIER
,
WRONG
.
MAY, MAYEST, MIGHT
1.
$
(
"
, 1410), “to be able, have power,” whether by personal ability,
permission, or opportunity, is sometimes rendered “may” or “might,” e.g., Matt. 26:9;
Mark 14:5; Acts 17:19; 1 Thess. 2:6. In the following the
RV
substitutes “can,” “canst,”
“couldst,” for the
KJV
, e.g., Matt. 26:42; Mark 4:32; 14:7; Luke 16:2; Acts 24:11; 25:11;
27:12; 1 Cor. 7:21; 14:31 (here the alteration is especially important, as not permission
for all to prophesy, but ability to do so, is the meaning); Eph. 3:4. In the following the
RV
substitutes the verb “to be able,” Acts 19:40; 24:8; Rev. 13:17. See
ABLE
, B, No. 1.
2.
@
(
+
, 1832), “it is permitted, lawful” (
, “to be,” prefixed by ,
“from”), is rendered “(I) may” in Acts 2:29,
RV
[
KJV
, “let (me)”]; in Acts 21:37, “may
(I),” lit., “is it permitted (me to speak)?” Some mss. have it in 8:37, “thou mayest” (
KJV
).
See
LAWFUL
.
3.
(
5
, 2481), “equally” (from the adjective
, “equal”), is translated “it may
be” in Luke 20:13 (i.e., “perhaps”).¶
4.
$
(
1
, 5177), “to meet with, reach, obtain,” denotes, intransitively,
“to happen, chance, befall”; used impersonally with the conjunction , “if,” it signifies
“it may be,” “perhaps,” e.g., 1 Cor. 14:10; 15:37, “it may chance”; 16:6.
Notes:
(1) In Matt. 8:28,
KJV
,
$
, “to have strength, be strong, be well able,” is
translated “might” (
RV
, “could”). (2) “May,” “might,” sometimes translate the
prepositional phrase
, “unto,” with the definite article, followed by the infinitive mood
of some verb, expressing purpose, e.g., Acts 3:19, “may be blotted out,” lit., “unto the
blotting out of”; Rom. 3:26, “that he might be,” lit., “unto his being”; so 8:29; 2 Cor. 1:4,
“that we may be able,” lit., “unto our being able”; Eph. 1:18, “that ye may know,” lit.,
“unto your knowing”; Acts 7:19; Rom. 1:11; 4:16; 12:2; 15:13; Phil. 1:10; 1 Thess. 3:10,
13; 2 Thess. 1:5; 2:6, 10; Heb. 12:10. In Luke 20:20 the best mss. have
, “so as to,”
RV
, as, e.g., in 1 Pet. 1:21. Sometimes the article with the infinitive mood without a
preceding preposition, expresses result, e.g., Luke 21:22; Acts 26:18 (twice), “that they