Synonyms: thirstiness, dryness, parched, craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love, crave, want, covet, desire, hunger for/after, lust for/after, hanker for/after, have one's heart set on
Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation
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Gary M. Burge
... lies ahead. The resolution of Jesus to go to Jerusalem is related to his suffering and death, and the hostility of the Samaritans foreshadows what he will experience in Jerusalem. (The Samaritans and Jews were enemies with a long history of hatred.) The phrase “taken up to heaven” (9:51) clearly refers to Jesus’s ascension, but it probably also refers to all that will happen in Jerusalem, including Jesus’s death, resurrection, and ascension. The refusal of the Samaritans to welcome Jesus provokes ...
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Gary M. Burge
... that he demands (14:25–35). Jesus invites all to follow him (cf. 14:15–24). Yet following him is not easy but requires ruthless self-denial. The call to hate one’s family members is startling (14:26). Obviously, Jesus is not speaking of “psychological hatred” (cf. 6:27–28). The use of hyperbolic language indicates that no one can take precedence over Jesus. One must renounce “even their own life” and be willing to follow Jesus in the way of death (14:26–27). Those who are not willing to ...
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Gary M. Burge
... the hour of death. Jesus’s arrival is marked by controversy (7:10–13). Judaism is divided (7:40–44). This echoes the Synoptic picture of Jesus’s final days in Jerusalem, where Jesus’s teachings find both a popular following and the concentrated hatred of the Jewish leadership. It is possible that the Johannine chronology gives the best picture of Jesus’s final Judean visit: he comes to the city in the autumn, teaches in the region during the winter, and is crucified during Passover in the spring ...
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Gary M. Burge
... his followers are alien to the world’s values and therefore cannot obtain its affections (15:18–16:4a). Jesus has selectively created a new order—“I have chosen you” (15:19)—and this implies judgment on the old. The language here is strong: hatred will typify the division between church and world. The world’s guilt is based on its accountability before divine revelation. God in Christ has come, spoken, and acted on our behalf (15:22–24), and our response forms the basis of our judgment. This ...
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Gary M. Burge
... people (2:15). Christ’s dual purpose in this was (1) to create in himself one new humanity out of the two hostile groups, making peace between them, and (2) to reconcile both groups to God in this one united body by obliterating in himself their hatred toward God and toward one another (2:16). Thus, not only Jews and Gentiles, but any two (or more) groups or individuals are deprived of all grounds for rejecting each other and are brought to peace both with each other and with God. This is precisely ...
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Gary M. Burge
... Jesus was the living personification of Israel’s hopes (“I acted in ignorance and unbelief” [1:13]), Paul showed himself to be among those who were not righteous. Despite his claim to zeal for God (see Gal. 1:13–14), his hatred for Jesus had numbered him among those the law condemned. His language of self-condemnation here is exceptionally strong. His opposition to Jesus made him a “blasphemer” against God. He calls himself “a violent man,” using a term suggesting insolence and arrogance ...
1032. A Light for All Nations
Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12
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King Duncan
... religion, nationalities and races are as old as human nature. For example, we are told that at one time it was standard practice for some West Indies nationals to conspicuously hold their noses whenever they passed an American. How’s that for prejudice? Hatred and bigotry are everywhere. It’s like a man from the Mid-west who was visiting New York City for the first time. Someone asked him if he would be visiting the United Nations building. He answered, “Heavens no. Confidentially, I understand that ...
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Robert Leslie Holmes
... go through Samaria. Jesus, however, "came to a Samaritan city called Sychar" (v. 4). Actually, the Greek text indicates that Jesus had to go there because he was driven by godly compulsion to go into the area others feared and avoided. The hatred between the Jews and the Samaritans was a two-way street. The Pharisees hated the Samaritans, and the Samaritans carried an equally intense vitriol for the Pharisees. The Samaritans were an ethno-religious group whose religion was based on their Samaritan Torah ...
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Robert Leslie Holmes
... -day Thomases unwittingly give too much space to doubt and darkness. Living with too many old memories, such church members believe bad news over good news. Many church people are even now held hostage by old hurt, disappointment, prejudice, hatred, cynicism, doubt, fear, ignorance, low expectations, hostility, and tension. Their song of faith goes something like this: Backward Christian soldiers Fleeing from the light, With the cross of Jesus often out of sight Christ our rightful Master stands against ...
1035. In Remembrance
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
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King Duncan
... Lord’s death until he comes.” Christ will return. God’s Kingdom will come on earth someday “even as it is in Heaven.” Every time we eat of the bread of the Eucharist, every time we drink of the cup, we are reminding ourselves that hatred and violence will not forever reign victorious in this world. The Lord of love, the Prince of peace, will one day establish his reign over all the earth. Remember these things--remember his death, remember his love and remember his promise that one day his kingdom ...
1036. A Vexing Vision
Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)
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Charley Reeb
... pro- claimed like never before. The same vision and opportunity that was given to Ananias is given to us today. Jesus has given his Church the power to break down the walls that exist between our enemies and us. We have been given love to tear down the walls of hatred and build a path- way to our enemies. We have been given a voice to tear down the walls of injustice and build a pathway to peace. We have been given hands to tear down the walls of suffering and build a pathway to joy. Most of all, we have ...
1037. Learning to Love
Matthew 5:43-48
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James L. Killen
... of the world and all of the religious groups of the world learn to want for others all that they want for themselves, there will finally be hope for peace. Jesus knew full well how much he was asking when he said these things. The seeds of hatred were already growing among his people, which would eventually have tragic results. Open yourself to the love with which God surrounds you. Take it in and let it shape your life. Then share it as often as you can, first with those who are most within your reach ...
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Charley Reeb
... and around a broken and devastated nation. God’s heart is torn apart as he sees his gift of freedom being perverted repeatedly. We hold on to the hope that one day God’s kingdom will be fully realized on earth and God will wipe every tear. Fear, violence, hatred, war, and bloodshed will be no more! Until that day comes we have to cope with tragedies like these. How do we do it? We cope by understanding where God is in the midst of tragedy. So where is God in the midst of these tragedies? This question ...
1039. True North
Matthew 22:34-40
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Charley Reeb
... t hate you… I just disagree with you.” His classmate replied, “I’ve never been able to tell the difference.” Then he walked off. I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day. Jesus said that people will know we are his followers not by our hatred, not by our judgments, not by our theology, not by our pride, not by our interpretation of scripture, but by our love for one another. In glory, God is not going to say, “Well done child, you were correct in the way you interpreted the book of ...
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Charley Reeb
... :31-32 I don’t know what you need to be set free from today but I do know that Jesus can set you free from it. Maybe it is shame. Maybe it’s guilt. Maybe it’s resentment and bitterness. Maybe it’s a bad habit. Maybe it’s hatred. Maybe it’s anxiety. Maybe it’s some heavy burden that you have been carrying. Whatever it is, the truth of Jesus can set you free. Underneath all of our cravings and trivial pursuits and unrest is a longing for a truth that will set us free. And oh I ...
Understanding Series
Robert H. Mounce
... corpses through their slaughter.” Faithful witnesses will meet opposition not only from Jew and Gentile but also from members of their own families. Brother will betray brother, and children will have parents … put to death. Disciples of Christ will be the object of universal hatred because they bear the name Christian (cf. 1 Pet. 4:14). Some take the phrase because of me (lit., “on account of my name,” v. 22) to mean the use of Jesus’ name (as in Matt. 7:22) for exorcisms and healings. Those who ...
Understanding Series
Robert H. Mounce
... the guests, and Herod was so delighted that he promised her anything she might want. Although it would have been unusual for a royal princess to perform an “immodest and provocative” dance (Filson, p. 169) in the presence of men, in view of Herodias’ hatred of John and the drunkenness of the occasion, it is not difficult to believe that that is exactly what happened. The name of Herodias’ daughter (Salome) is not supplied by the Gospel account but by Josephus. Salome was the daughter of Herodias by ...
Understanding Series
Robert H. Mounce
... things begin to happen, the faithful will be tortured (handed over eis thlipsin, v. 9) and put to death by a pagan society that despises those who honor the name of Christ (cf. Dan. 12:1). At the same time many will deny their faith and vent their hatred by turning on one another. False prophets will arise to confuse the issue even further (cf. Acts 20:29–30). With the spread of wickedness, the love of most (tōn pollōn in v. 12 probably means “of the majority”) will grow cold. But those who stand ...
Understanding Series
Craig A. Evans
... lies behind the NIV’s translation. 9:53 Because of Jewish-Samaritan hostilities, Jewish pilgrims from Galilee would often cross over to the East Bank of the Jordan River in order to skirt around Samaria. Josephus provides a graphic description of these hostilities: “Hatred also arose between the Samaritans and the Jews for the following reason. It was the custom of the Galileans at the time of the festival to pass through the Samaritan territory on their way to the Holy City [Jerusalem]. On one occasion ...
Understanding Series
Craig A. Evans
... means for his words to be taken quite seriously, there must be recognized a certain amount of hyperbole (exaggeration intended to emphasize a point). According to v. 26: Whoever … does not hate his own father and mother.… Jesus does not demand actual hatred of one’s own parents (which would directly contradict and violate the commandment of Exod. 20:12), but his forceful exaggeration makes it clear that one’s love for Jesus must outweigh all other loyalties. Similarly, not all who follow Jesus will ...
Understanding Series
James R. Edwards
... had never dreamed that one of the results of an Ape’s setting up a false Aslan would be to stop people from believing in the real one” (The Last Battle [New York: Collier Books, 1970], p. 74). 1:26–27 It should be noted that homophobia (fear or hatred of homosexuals) is itself a sin as bad as the sin it condemns, combining both arrogance and malice listed in 1:29–31. For biblical and extrabiblical references to homosexuality, see Gen. 19:1–28; Lev. 18:22; 20:13; Deut. 23:17f.; 1 Kings 14:24; 2 ...
Understanding Series
James R. Edwards
... 11:1–2). Only a spiritual “mind transplant” will produce an ability to test and approve what God’s will is. The renewed mind is the gift of grace to see ourselves, others, and the world from the perspective of the cross of Jesus Christ, which alone produces a hatred for our sins instead of delight in them, and a love for sinners instead of rejection of them. “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!” (11:33). The renewal of the mind approves what God’s will is—his good ...
1048. Love
Romans 12:9-21
Understanding Series
James R. Edwards
... contrition. See the material presented in Michel, Der Brief an die Römer, p. 311, footnote 1. This metaphor, and the theology behind it, is the root of the ethics of non-violence as personified by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. In accepting violence without retaliation, and in repaying hatred with kindness, the victim reveals the extent of the persecutor’s crime, thereby hoping to shame him or her into repentance.
1049. The Fall of Babylon
Revelation 18:1-24
Understanding Series
Robert W. Wall
... the magic spell not only on John’s Roman world but on every other society of human history. Additional Notes 18:1–3 A. Y. Collins, in fact, complains that many believers appeal to Babylon’s destruction as an outlet for envy, hatred, resentment, vengefulness, and aggression of the weak against the strong—emotions which themselves are anti-Christian! In her mind, however, the intended response is a social radicalism which withdraws from the social order rather than mourning for it or celebrating its ...
1050. Amnon and Tamar
2 Samuel 13:1-22
Understanding Series
Mary J. Evans
... leave the past behind and be passionately involved only in the present. Absalom’s revenge was even more well-planned than Amnon’s campaign to take Tamar. It was not an impulsive outburst but a premeditated execution. Amnon, well aware of Absalom’s hatred, took steps to avoid him, but a special party with the king’s sanction, even given against his better judgment (v. 26), was difficult to avoid. At the party Amnon, on Absalom’s instructions, was killed. Absalom also followed his father’s example ...
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