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Parousia (His presence after His coming), as the outcome of present witness and
steadfastness. See B, No. 3, above.¶
BLASPHEME, BLASPHEMY, BLASPHEMER, BLASPHEMOUS
A. Noun.
(
&
, 988), either from
@
, “sluggish, stupid,” or, probably,
from
, “to injure,” and
, “speech,” (Eng. “blasphemy”) is so translated
thirteen times in the
RV
, but “railing” in Matt. 15:19; Mark 7:22; Eph. 4:31; Col. 3:8; 1
Tim. 6:4; Jude 9. The word “blasphemy” is practically confined to speech defamatory of
the Divine Majesty. See
Note
, below. See
EVIL SPEAKING
,
RAILING
.
B. Verb.
(
!
, 987), “to blaspheme, rail at or revile,” is used (a) in a
general way, of any contumelious speech, reviling, calumniating, railing at, etc., as of
those who railed at Christ, e.g., Matt. 27:39; Mark 15:29; Luke 22:65 (
RV
, “reviling”);
23:39; (b) of those who speak contemptuously of God or of sacred things, e.g., Matt. 9:3;
Mark 3:28; Rom. 2:24; 1 Tim. 1:20; 6:1; Rev. 13:6; 16:9, 11, 21; “hath spoken
blasphemy,” Matt. 26:65; “rail at,” 2 Pet. 2:10; Jude 8, 10; “railing,” 2 Pet. 2:12;
“slanderously reported,” Rom. 3:8; “be evil spoken of,” Rom. 14:16; 1 Cor. 10:30; 2 Pet.
2:2; “speak evil of,” Titus 3:2; 1 Pet. 4:4; “being defamed,” 1 Cor. 4:13. The verb (in the
present participial form) is translated “blasphemers” in Acts 19:37; in Mark 2:7,
“blasphemeth,”
RV
, for
KJV
, “speaketh blasphemies.”
There is no noun in the original representing the English “blasphemer.” This is
expressed either by the verb, or by the adjective
. See
DEFAME
,
RAIL
,
REPORT
,
REVILE
.
C. Adjective.
(
1
, 989), “abusive, speaking evil,” is translated “blasphemous,”
in Acts 6:11, 13; “a blasphemer,” 1 Tim. 1:13; “railers,” 2 Tim. 3:2,
RV
; “railing,” 2 Pet.
2:11. See
RAIL
.¶
Note:
As to Christ’s teaching concerning “blasphemy” against the Holy Spirit, e.g.,
Matt. 12:32, that anyone, with the evidence of the Lord’s power before His eyes, should
declare it to be Satanic, exhibited a condition of heart beyond divine illumination and
therefore hopeless. Divine forgiveness would be inconsistent with the moral nature of
God. As to the Son of Man, in his state of humiliation, there might be misunderstanding,
but not so with the Holy Spirit’s power demonstrated.
BLAZE ABROAD
(
&
, 1310), “to spread broad” ( , “throughout,”
, “to
speak”), is so translated in the
RV
in Matt. 9:31; 28:15 (
KJV
, “commonly reported”); Mark
1:45 (
KJV
, “blaze abroad”).¶
BLEMISH
A. Noun.
(
, 3470), akin to
(see
BLAME
, A), signifies (a) “a blemish”
(Sept. only); (b) “a shame, a moral disgrace,” metaphorical of the licentious, 2 Pet. 2:13.¶
B. Adjective.