Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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Understanding Series
Larry W. Hurtado
... fast-paced narrative content of the book throughout, makes Mark’s Gospel an arresting summary of Jesus’ ministry. Additional Notes 1:1 Gospel is a term in Greek (euangelion) that was used in the contemporary world to refer to a message of good news but that seems to have acquired a special significance for early Christians as a technical term for the message of salvation through Jesus. (See, e.g., Mark 1:14–15; 8:35; 10:29; 13:10; 14:9; Rom. 1:1, 16–17; 1 Cor. 4:15.) Here too the term refers to the ...
Understanding Series
Larry W. Hurtado
... assist the reader in seeing Jesus as supplying the divine provision for Israel promised in the OT. The other numbers (two hundred coins, five thousand people, two fish) are not so likely to have been purposely symbolic, largely because they do not seem to have acquired the same sort of previous symbolic usage in Jewish life that the numbers twelve and five bore. When we consider the next feeding account (8:1–10), we will examine the numbers there as well to see whether any of them may have been intended ...
453. Divorce
Mark 10:1-12
Understanding Series
Larry W. Hurtado
... to the legal practices of the gentile world of the time, which allowed both men and women to initiate divorce. Third, the phrase in 10:11, against her, does not appear in Matt. 19:9, and the Markan form of Jesus’ saying makes divorcing one’s wife to acquire another an offense against one’s wife. For other parallels to the divorce saying, see also Matt 5:32 and Luke 16:18. It is interesting to note how this saying of Jesus is used by the Apostle Paul in 1 Cor. 7:10–11 to answer certain inquiries ...
Understanding Series
Larry W. Hurtado
... shows that the Christian fellowship represented in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper goes back to this event in the ministry of Jesus and, in effect, presents this “last supper” as the first Lord’s Supper, in which the elements used (bread and wine) acquired specific association with the sacrificial death of Jesus. The words over the bread and cup (vv. 22–24) interpret the coming death of Jesus, by making it constitutive for the new covenant of God that is the basis of the church. Like the word ...
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Craig A. Evans
... remind me, on hearing the motives and purposes of our mission, I have endeavored to set the matter forth clearly. I appreciate your characteristic love of learning, for it is indeed men’s highest function ‘ever to add knowledge, ever to acquire it,’ either through researches or by actual experience of affairs” (from M. Hadas, ed., Aristeas to Philocrates [New York: Harper & Row, 1951], p. 57). The historical emphasis of Luke’s preface may have been designed as polemic against an incipient ...
Understanding Series
Craig A. Evans
... furthers the development of this theme (v. 12). Often dishonest and rich and viewed as a collaborator with Israel’s Gentile oppressors, the tax collector was one of the most despised persons in Israel (see Luke 18:9–14; 19:1–10). Because they acquired much of their wealth by gouging their fellow citizens, John tells them to collect only what is required (v. 13; see note below). Others who were in position to take advantage of people were the soldiers (i.e., Jewish policemen), who could use their ...
Understanding Series
Craig A. Evans
... ). One lesson from the parable is drawn from v. 9. Jesus’ disciples are enjoined to use worldly wealth to gain friends for themselves (lit. “make friends from the mammon of unrighteousness”). Jesus (or Luke) is not urging his disciples to acquire wealth dishonestly but to make good use of the resources (particularly financial resources) of this world (see note below). Jesus is not recommending compromise and he is certainly not recommending dishonesty, but he is urging his followers not to overlook ...
Understanding Series
Craig A. Evans
... ’s saving act that had brought forth their ancestors from Egyptian slavery. Such reflection often stirred messianic hopes of a deliverance from the oppressive yoke of Imperial Rome. As his Triumphal Entry revealed (19:28–40), Jesus had acquired messianic status (rightly or wrongly understood) in the minds of at least some. This would scarcely have gone unnoticed by the religious authorities, particularly the Sadducees, the aristocratic priestly class, who feared the social and economic consequences of ...
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Marion L. Soards
... to himself and Apollos is remarkable, for the picture is far from flattering. Lest the Corinthians think that those called to preach and teach the gospel were persons of superior status with whom they could be associated and from whom they could acquire standing, Paul conjures up an image that precludes such misunderstanding. Paul founded the church (I planted) and Apollos ministered to the congregation (Apollos watered), but God was the Lord of the church (God made it grow) and the Corinthians belonged to ...
460. The Resurrection Body
1 Corinthians 15:35-58
Understanding Series
Marion L. Soards
... calls the Corinthians to do the work of the Lord with full confidence because of their standing in the Lord; in other words, they stand in the Lord and do the Lord’s work because they are secure in the Lord. Such a lifestyle is the result of the confidence acquired in knowing that the future is God’s. As always for Paul, eschatology means ethics.
Understanding Series
W.H. Bellinger, Jr.
... was killed in the war. In contrast to the wilderness generation, which has died, the members of the new generation experience life and hope for the future in chapters 26–36. The soldiers follow the instructions and bring the gold articles each of us acquired as an atoning offering to God. Death and war require atonement. The offerings suggest thanksgiving for victory and safety; they are a memorial to remind the people of the event and to remind God of the people. The Priestly tradents hope that the ...
462. David's Mighty Men
2 Samuel 23:8-39
Understanding Series
Mary J. Evans
... . David’s somewhat whimsical desire for a drink of water from the Bethlehem well was picked up by the three men. In spite of the fact that the well was behind Philistine lines, they obtained some water and brought it to him. Water that had been acquired at the risk of life was too precious to drink, so David poured it out before the LORD. This pouring out was in effect a ritual sacrifice that would have emphasized the specialness of their gift. Their offering was seen as worthy to be offered to God ...
Understanding Series
Craig C. Broyles
... reality of military might but also implicitly takes hold of a superior power. This belief is fundamental to Deuteronomy (20:1–4), which presents itself as Moses’ speeches to Israel prior to the conquest of Canaan. Here the king was explicitly forbidden to “acquire great numbers of horses” (17:16). Insofar as the state of Israel exercised military force, it did so not by virtue of its military armaments but by virtue of its faith in Yahweh. The ultimate consequences of this choice could not be more ...
Understanding Series
Robert H. Mounce
... sense. In the Targums (Aramaic paraphrases of the Old Testament) it was used for dishonest profit gained by selfishly exploiting another person. The “mammon of unrighteousness” (AV) of Luke 16:9 corresponds exactly to an Aramaic phrase meaning “possessions acquired dishonestly” (TDNT, vol. 4, p. 390). In Paradise Lost, Milton personifies Mammon as a fallen spirit who even in heaven admired the golden streets more than the divine and holy. Slavery requires complete devotion to one owner. It is ...
Understanding Series
William Nelson
... under Alexander, was given the satrapy of Babylon. However, Antigonus Monophthalmus (“the One-Eyed”), who initially obtained parts of Asia Minor (Phrygia, Pamphylia, and Lycia—central and southern sections of modern-day Turkey), wanted to expand his rule. He eventually acquired all of Asia Minor and began to push eastward. Pressured by Antigonus, Seleucus fled for protection to Egypt and served briefly under Ptolemy. Therefore the text is correct in saying that Seleucus was one of his commanders (11:5 ...
Understanding Series
Larry W. Hurtado
... a leader in the early church elsewhere in the NT (1 Cor. 15:7; Gal. 1:19; 2:9–12; Acts 12:17; 15:13; 21:18), and a letter in the NT bears his name (James 1:1). In Christian tradition of the second century and later, this James acquired a legendary significance as a very devout man of strict religious self-discipline. The other brothers and sisters of Jesus are not referred to elsewhere in the NT (On James, the brother of Jesus, see IDB, vol. 2, pp. 791–94.) 6:5 Could not do any miracles: This phrase ...
Understanding Series
Larry W. Hurtado
... many times in the OT as an adjective describing persons chosen by God for special office, such as king of Israel (e.g., Ps. 2:2; 1 Sam. 2:10, 35; 2 Sam. 1:14, 16), but in Jewish life in the time of Jesus the term had come to acquire a special meaning as the title of the expected one whom God would send to deliver Israel and to establish God’s righteous role upon the earth. (On the term, see further NIDNTT, vol. 2, pp. 334–43.) The parallels to this passage make interesting study. In Luke 9:20 ...
Understanding Series
Larry W. Hurtado
... father of the demoniac boy in 9:23–24 provides an object lesson for Mark’s readers on the importance of strong faith in Jesus. This function is verified by the final and climactic word in 9:29 that prayer is the means for Jesus’ followers to acquire the faith and resources to conduct the required mission. Mark’s account is much longer than the parallels in Matthew 17:14–21 and Luke 9:37–43 because of the space devoted to the dialogue between Jesus and the father. This dialogue includes both the ...
469. Watchfulness
Luke 12:35-48
Understanding Series
Craig A. Evans
... punishment will be meted out according to one’s knowledge of God. This idea is summarized in the second half of v. 48. Naturally, from those who had been the actual disciples of Jesus, or the disciples of those disciples, and who had therefore acquired much learning and insight, much more would be expected than from those whose training had been meager in comparison. Additional Notes 12:35–36 ready for service … like men waiting for their master: Lachs (p. 294) notes that the rabbis believed that the ...
470. The River of Life
Revelation 22:1-6
Understanding Series
Robert W. Wall
... people to rebel against God and the Lamb. The new creation, then, is characterized not only by the absence of evil, but by the absence of human desire to rebel against God’s reign. Eve and then Adam’s evil had been in seeking to acquire divine knowledge through illicit means. Now they bask in the presence of God; receiving God’s light, the community of overcomers can now see his face. Although we disagree with Caird’s conclusion that a community of martyrs (rather than a more inclusive community of ...
471. Dividing the Spoils
Numbers 31:25-54
Understanding Series
W.H. Bellinger, Jr.
... was killed in the war. In contrast to the wilderness generation, which has died, the members of the new generation experience life and hope for the future in chapters 26–36. The soldiers follow the instructions and bring the gold articles each of us acquired as an atoning offering to God. Death and war require atonement. The offerings suggest thanksgiving for victory and safety; they are a memorial to remind the people of the event and to remind God of the people. The Priestly tradents hope that the ...
Understanding Series
J. Ramsey Michaels
... the early fruit on the fig tree.” The point is perhaps that Jesus finds the new Israel in the same way that God his Father found the old. Jesus spoke elsewhere of the delight of uncovering an unexpected treasure in a field or of selling everything to acquire a magnificent pearl (Matt. 13:44–46), or of finding a lost coin or a lost sheep (Luke 15:1–10). Hosea’s image of discovering fruit in a barren land was well suited to make a similar point. Jesus’ disciples are indeed a precious find, a gift ...
473. Praying for Endurance and Healing
James 5:1-6, James 4:13-17, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20
Understanding Series
Peter H. Davids
... . Since they are harvesters, there is no excuse that there was no money; there are heaps of grain to be sold. The hungry worker has cried out to the only resource he has—God. By saying the Lord Almighty, James reminds the reader of Isaiah 5:9, where those acquiring large estates are condemned. All Jews knew what happened to those whom Isaiah condemned, and they knew that God’s ears are open to the poor (Pss. 17:1–6; 18:6; 31:2), so James’ statement implies a threat of judgment. 5:5 The rich live in ...
474. Praying for Endurance and Healing
James 5:7-12, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:13-20
Understanding Series
Peter H. Davids
... . Since they are harvesters, there is no excuse that there was no money; there are heaps of grain to be sold. The hungry worker has cried out to the only resource he has—God. By saying the Lord Almighty, James reminds the reader of Isaiah 5:9, where those acquiring large estates are condemned. All Jews knew what happened to those whom Isaiah condemned, and they knew that God’s ears are open to the poor (Pss. 17:1–6; 18:6; 31:2), so James’ statement implies a threat of judgment. 5:5 The rich live in ...
475. Praying for Endurance and Healing
James 5:13-20, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12
Understanding Series
Peter H. Davids
... . Since they are harvesters, there is no excuse that there was no money; there are heaps of grain to be sold. The hungry worker has cried out to the only resource he has—God. By saying the Lord Almighty, James reminds the reader of Isaiah 5:9, where those acquiring large estates are condemned. All Jews knew what happened to those whom Isaiah condemned, and they knew that God’s ears are open to the poor (Pss. 17:1–6; 18:6; 31:2), so James’ statement implies a threat of judgment. 5:5 The rich live in ...
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