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$
(
"
, 2660), primarily, “to strike or prick violently, to stun,” is
used of strong emotion, in Acts 2:37 (passive voice), “they were pricked (in their
heart).Ӧ Cf.
$@
, “stupor, torpor of mind,” Rom. 11:8.¶
PRIDE
A. Nouns.
1.
(or — ) (
&
, 212) is translated “pride” in 1 John 2:16,
KJV
. See
BOAST
, B, No. 2,
VAINGLORY
.
2.
$
(
% $
&
, 5243), “pride,” Mark 7:22: see
HAUGHTY
.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
, 5187), “lifted up with pride,” 1 Tim. 3:6,
KJV
(
RV
, “puffed up”). See
HIGH
-
MINDED
.
PRIEST
1.
$
(
, $ "
, 2409), “one who offers sacrifice and has the charge of things
pertaining thereto,” is used (a) of a “priest” of the pagan god Zeus, Acts 14:13; (b) of
Jewish “priests,” e.g., Matt. 8:4; 12:4, 5; Luke 1:5, where allusion is made to the 24
courses of “priests” appointed for service in the Temple (cf. 1 Chron. 24:4ff.); John 1:19;
Heb. 8:4; (c) of believers, Rev. 1:6; 5:10; 20:6. Israel was primarily designed as a nation
to be a kingdom of “priests,” offering service to God, e.g., Ex. 19:6, the Israelites having
renounced their obligations, Ex. 20:19, the Aaronic priesthood was selected for the
purpose, till Christ came to fulfil His ministry in offering up Himself; since then the
Jewish priesthood has been abrogated, to be resumed nationally, on behalf of Gentiles, in
the millennial kingdom, Is. 61:6; 66:21. Meanwhile all believers, from Jews and Gentiles,
are constituted “a kingdom of priests,” Rev. 1:6 (see above), “a holy priesthood,” 1 Pet.
2:5, and “royal,” v. 9. The NT knows nothing of a sacerdotal class in contrast to the laity;
all believers are commanded to offer the sacrifices mentioned in Rom. 12:1; Phil. 2:17;
4:18; Heb. 13:15, 16; 1 Pet. 2:5; (d) of Christ, Heb. 5:6; 7:11, 15, 17, 21; 8:4 (negatively);
(e) of Melchizedek, as the foreshadower of Christ, Heb. 7:1, 3.
2.
$
(
$ $ "
, 749) designates (a) “the high priests” of the Levitical order,
frequently called “chief priests” in the NT, and including “ex-high priests” and members
of “high priestly” families, e.g., Matt. 2:4; 16:21; 20:18; 21:15; in the singular, a “high
priest,” e.g., Abiathar, Mark 2:26; Annas and Caiaphas, Luke 3:2, where the
RV
rightly
has “in the high priesthood of A. and C.” (cf. Acts 4:6). As to the combination of the two
in this respect, Annas was the “high priest” from A.D. 7-14, and, by the time referred to,
had been deposed for some years; his son-in-law, Caiaphas, the fourth “high priest” since
his deposition, was appointed about A.D. 24. That Annas was still called the “high priest”
is explained by the facts (1) that by the Mosaic law the high priesthood was held for life,
Num. 35:25; his deposition was the capricious act of the Roman procurator, but he would
still be regarded legally and religiously as “high priest” by the Jews; (2) that he probably
still held the office of deputy-president of the Sanhedrin (cf. 2 Kings 25:18); (3) that he
was a man whose age, wealth and family connections gave him a preponderant influence,
by which he held the real sacerdotal power; indeed at this time the high priesthood was in
the hands of a clique of some half dozen families; the language of the writers of the
gospels is in accordance with this, in attributing the high priesthood rather to a caste than