(b.) Matt. xi. 25, 27; xvi. 17; Luke x. 21,22; 1 Cor. i1.10; xiv. 830; Philip. iii. 15.
(c.) Matt. x. 26; Luke ii. 35; xii. 2; xvii. 30; Rom. i. 1%, 18; viii. 18; 1 Cor. iii. 13; 2 Thess. ii. 3, 6,8; 1 Pet.1.5; Vigle
The word is compounded with dé from, and xadvrtw to cover. Hence, to remove the cover from anything ; to unveil. So of Balaam, “the Lord opened or unveiled his eyes (amexd4- Avev Tors dpIardwods: Num. xxii. 31, Sept.). So Boaz to Naomi’s kinsman: “I thought to advertise thee: ” Rev., “dis- close it unto thee” (amoxadiyrw 76 ods cov: Ruth iv. 4, Sept.). Lit., Z will uncover thine ear.
The noun dmoxkaduis revelation, occurs only once in the Septuagint (1 Sam. xx. 30), in the physical sense of wncoverang. The verb is found in the Septuagint in Dan, ii. 19, 22, 28.
Tn classical Greek, the verb is used by Herodotus (i., 119) of uncovering the head; and by Plato: thus, “reveal (amoxan- vas) to me the power of Rhetoric” (“ Gorgias,” 460): “ Un- cover your chest and back” (“ Protagoras,” 352). Both the verb and the noun occur in Plutarch; the latter of uncovering the body, of waters, and of an error. The religious sense, how- ever, is unknown to heathenism.
The following words should be compared with this: ’Orrao- fa a vision (Luke i. 22; Acts xxvi. 19; 2 Cor. xii.1). “Opaya a@ vision (Matt. xvii. 9; Acts ix. 10; xvi. 9). “Opacus a vision (Acts ii. 17; Apoc. ix. 17. Of visible form, Apoe. iv. 3). These three cannot be accurately distinguished. They all de- note the thing seen or shown, without anything to show whether it is understood or not.
As distinguished from these, dmroxdAvyis includes, along with the thing shown or seen, its interpretation or unveiling.
*"Emipdavera appearing (hence our epiphany), is used in pro- fane Greek of the appearance of a higher power in order to aid men. In the New Testament by Paul only, and always of the second appearing of Christ in glory, except in 2 Tim. i. 10, where it signifies His first appearing in the flesh. See 2 Thess. il. 8; 1 Tim. vi. 14; Tit. ii. 13. As distinguished from this, amoxdduyis is the more comprehensive word. An apocalypse