CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

400 Evangelizology
v. (44) suneti,zw (No NT uses; 13 uses in Ralf’s LXX) – to instruct, cause to understand; (pass)
give insight:
1) Of God instructing:
Psa 16:7, “I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night”
Psa 32:8, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with
My eye upon you”
Neh 9:20, “And Thou didst give Thy good Spirit to instruct them, Thy manna Thou didst not
withhold from their mouth, And Thou didst give them water for their thirst”
2) Of requesting God to teach: Psa 119:27, “Make me understand the way of Thy precepts, So I will
meditate on Thy wonders” (cf. Psa 119:34, 73, 125, 144, 169)
3) Of God’s Word: Psa 119:130, “The unfolding of Thy words gives light; It gives understanding to the
simple”
4) Of an angel: Dan 8:16, “And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out
and said, ‘Gabriel, give this man an understanding of the vision’”
5) Of the revival under Ezra and Nehemiah:
Neh 8:7, “Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita,
Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, explained the law to the people while the
people remained in their place”
Neh 8:9, “Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who
taught the people said to all the people, ‘This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn
or weep.’ For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law”
6—TO DEMONSTRATE OR PROVE
w. Cognates of dei,knu.mi:
45) evpidei,knu.mi – “demonstrating [KJV, shewing] by the Scriptures.” Acts 18:28
Friberg Lexicon: evpidei,knumi 1aor. evpe,deixa; literally, as causing to be seen show, exhibit, demonstrate
(MT 16.1); figuratively, as proving to be true show beyond doubt, prove, demonstrate
convincingly (AC 18.28)
46) u`podei,knumi – “who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” Matt 3:7; cf. Luke 3:7;
Acts 20:35
Friberg Lexicon: u`podei,knumi or u`podeiknu,w fut. u`podei,xw; 1aor. u`pe,deixa; (1) strictly show secretly,
give a glimpse of; hence intimate, suggest; (2) figuratively, with the dative of person show, make
known, point out (LU 6.47; AC 9.16); in a negative sense warn (MT 3.7)
x. (47) sumbiba,zw – to hold together, instruct, confirm, or teach (9 OT LXX uses; 7 NT uses):
Of Paul:
Acts 9:22, “proving that this Jesus is the Christ”
Col 2:2, “that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all
the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of
God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself,”
Of the Lord instructing:
Acts 16:10, “And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia,
concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them”
Of man instructing God:
1 Cor 2:16, “For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct Him? But we have the
mind of Christ”
Of the church being fit with instruction in Christ:
Eph 4:16, “from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint
supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body
for the building up of itself in love”
Col 2:19, “and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held
together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God”
In the OT LXX:
a) sumbiba,zw is the word used in Lev 10:11 after a discussion of the need to distinguish,
“and so as to teach [sumbiba,seij] the sons of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has
spoken to them through Moses.”