Leviticus 24:16
blasphemeth.As the word {nakav} not only signifies to curse, or blaspheme, but also to express, or distinguish by name, (Nu 1:17. 1 Ch 12:31. Isa 62:2,) hence the Jews, at a very early period, understood this law as prohibiting them from uttering the name Jehovah, on any other than sacred occasions. The Septuagint, which was made at least 250 years before Christ, renders it [Onomazon de to onoma Kyriou, thanato thanatoustho,] "Whosoever nameth the name of the Lord, let him die;" from which we see that the Jews at this time were accustomed to pronounce {adonay,} or Lord, instead of Jehovah; for in place of it the Septuagint always put [Lo Kyrios.] Ex 20:7; 1Ki 21:10-13; Ps 74:10,18; 139:20; Mt 12:31; Mr 3:28,29Joh 8:58,59; 10:33-36; Ac 26:11; 1Ti 1:13; Jas 2:71 Kings 21:9-13
Proclaim a fast.Ge 34:13-17; Isa 58:4; Mt 2:8; 23:14; Lu 20:47; Joh 18:28on high among. Heb. in the top of. two men.De 19:15; Mt 26:59,60; Ac 6:11sons of Belial.De 13:13; Jud 19:22Thou didst blaspheme.Some, with Parkhurst, would render the original, {bairachta elohim wamailech,} "Thou hast blessed the gods and Molech;" a sense, however, which seems extremely forced, and is not acknowledged by any of the ancient versions, though the LXX. and Vulgate render {bairachta} by [eulogese,] {benedixit,} "blessed." It is no unusual thing for a word to have opposite senses. Ex 22:28; Le 24:15; Mt 26:59-66; Joh 10:33; Ac 6:13 did as Jezebel.Ex 1:17,21; 23:1,2; Le 19:15; 1Sa 22:17; 23:20; 2Ki 10:6,72Ch 24:21; Pr 29:12,26; Da 3:18-25; Ho 5:11; Mic 6:16; Mt 2:12,16Ac 4:19; 5:29 8-10; Isa 58:4 the men of Belial.Ex 20:16; De 5:20; 19:16-21; Ps 27:12; 35:11; Pr 6:19; 19:5,9; 25:18Mal 3:5; Mr 14:56-59blaspheme God.Job 1:5,11; 2:9; Mt 9:3; Ac 6:11the king.Ec 10:20; Isa 8:21; Am 7:10; Lu 23:2; Joh 19:12; Ac 24:5they carried him.Le 24:11-16; Nu 15:35,36; De 13:10; 21:21; 22:21,24; Jos 7:24,252Ki 9:26; Ec 4:1; Ac 7:57-59Matthew 26:65-66
the high priest.Le 21:20; 2Ki 18:37; 19:1-3; Jer 36:24; Mr 14:63,64He.9:3; 1Ki 21:10-13; Lu 5:21; Joh 10:33,36 He.Le 24:11-16; Joh 19:7; Ac 7:52; 13:27,28; Jas 5:6Luke 22:71
Mt 26:65,66; Mr 14:63,64John 5:18
the Jews.7:19broken.7:22,23; Mt 12:5God was.23; 8:54,58; 10:30,33; 14:9,23; Zec 13:7; Php 2:6; Re 21:22,23Re 22:1,3John 8:58-59
Verily.34,51Before.1:1,2; 17:5,24; Pr 8:22-30; Isa 9:6; Mic 5:2; Col 1:17; Heb 1:10-12Heb 13:8; Re 1:11,17,18; 2:8I am.That our Lord by this expression asserted his divinity and eternal existence, as the great I AM, appears evident from the use of the present tense, instead of the past tense, from its being in answer to the Jews, who enquired whether he had seen Abraham, and from its being thus understood by the multitude, who were exasperated at it to such a degree that they took up stones to stone him. The ancient Jews not only believed that the Messiah was superior to and Lord of all the patriarchs, and even of angels, but that his celestial nature existed with God from whom it emanated, before the creation, and that the creation was effected by his ministry. Ex 3:14; Isa 43:13; 44:6,8; 46:9; 48:12; Re 1:8 took.5,6; 10:30-33; 11:8; 18:31; Le 24:16; Lu 4:29; Ac 7:57but.5:13; 10:39,40; 11:54; Ge 19:11; 2Ki 6:18-20; Lu 4:30; 24:31Ac 8:39,40
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