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12, xvii. 16; Rev. xi. 16; Numb. xvi. 4, xx. 6. and Rev. iii. 21; four times in 1 Tim.; four in GG. 11.16: Isa. Ixvi. 20.
6. e See xii. 10. Cf. ερµηνευτης, ver. 28.
y1Th:i.9; Heb. ii. 12; 1 Jo. i.2f.; GG. and Acts, passim; Gen. xiv. 13,
1 Om. και οντω all pre-Syrian witnesses, including vg.
2evtws ο Θεος (in this order): all pre-Syrian uncc.
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Prophecy when compared with Tongues: (1) The former edifies the Church (3 ff.) ; (2) it employs a man’s rational powers (14-19); (3) it can be exercised safely by the whole Church, and (4) to the conver- sion of sinners. That ‘all’ should ‘‘ prophesy”’ is a part of the Messianic ideal, the earnest of which was given in the descent of the Spirit at Pentecost: see Num. xi. 23-29, Joel ii. 28, Acts. ii. 4, 15 ff.; the speaking of Pentecost Peter identifies with prophesying, where- as P. emphatically distinguishes the Cor. Glossolalia therefrom. Prophecy is an inspired utterance proceeding from a supernatural intuition, which penetrates ‘the things of the man,” ‘‘ the secrets of his heart,’’ no less than “(πε things of God” (ii. το ff.): the light of heart- searching knowledge and speech, proceed- ing from every believer, is concentrated on the unconverted man as he enters the assembly. His conscience is probed on all sides; he is pierced and overwhelmed with the sense of his sin (cf. John iv. 29, also i. 48, viii. 9, Acts viii. 18 Π., xxiv. 25). This form of Prophecy abides in the Church, as the normal instrument for ‘convicting the world of sin” (John xvi. 8 ff.); it belongs potentially to ‘all’ Christians, and is in fact the reaction of the Spirit of Christ in them upon the un- regenerate (cf. John xx, 22 f.); ἐλέγχεται is the precise word of John xvi. 8.— ᾽Ανακρίνω (see ii. 14 and paris.) de- notes not to judge, but to put on trial, to sift judicially. God alone, through Christ, is the judge of ‘‘the heart’s secrets” (iv. 5, Rom. ii. 16); but the -God-taught word of man throws a search-
ing light into these recesses. In ver. 24 the ἄπιστος precedes the ἰδιώτης (cf. 23), since in his case the arresting effect of Prophecy is the more signal.—mpoo- κυνήσει and ὄντως 6 Θεὸς κ.τ.λ. are a reminiscence of Is. xlv. 14, following the Heb. txt. rather than the LXX (cf. note on 21).--ᾱπ-αγγέλλων, “taking word away,” reporting, proclaiming abroad (cf. parls.), thus diffusing the impression he has received (cf. John iv. 290).--ὄντως (revera, Cv.), really, in very deed—con- tradicts denials of God’s working in Christianity, such as the ἄπιστος him- self formerly had πιαάἆο.--πεσών (aor. ptp., of an act leading up to that of principal vb. and forming part of the same movement) indicates the prostra- tion of a soul suddenly overpowered by the Divine presence. To convince men that ‘‘ God is in the midst of her” is the true success of the Church.