CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

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b) sumbiba,zw has some other interesting uses in the Pentateuch, Exod 4:12, 15; Deut 4:9; cf.
Judges 13:8
Of the cognate probiba,zw:
a) Notice the use of probiba,zw in Deut 6:7, translated “teach diligently” (NAS); “inculcate”
(cf. French NEG), versus the use of sumbiba,zw in Deut 4:9
b) probiba,zw is also used in the Byzantine of Acts 19:33 where the Nestle-Aland chooses
instead sumbiba,zw.
y. (48) avpokri,nomai – to answer (248 NT uses):
“Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you
should respond to each person” Col 4:6
~O lo,goj u`mw/n pa,ntote evn ca,riti( a[lati hvrtume,noj( eivde,nai pw/j dei/ u`ma/j e`ni. e`ka,stw| avpokri,nesqai
[infinitive present middle or passive deponent]
1) This verb is used in conversations, in response to a statement or a question:
Matt 12:38-39, “Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered [avpokri,nomai] Him, saying,
‘Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.’ But He answered [avpokri,nomai] and said to them,
‘An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign shall be given to it but the
sign of Jonah the prophet…’”
Matt 15:1-3, “Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, ‘Why do Your
disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat
bread.’ And He answered [avpokri,nomai] and said to them, ‘And why do you yourselves
transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?’”
Matt 15:21-28, “And Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold, a Canaanite woman came out from that region, and began to cry out, saying, ‘Have
mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.’ But He did not
answer [avpokri,nomai] her a word. And His disciples came to Him and kept asking Him, saying,
‘Send her away, for she is shouting out after us.’ But He answered [avpokri,nomai] and said, ‘I was
sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’ But she came and began to bow down before
Him, saying, ‘Lord, help me!’ And He answered [avpokri,nomai] and said, ‘It is not good to take
the children's bread and throw it to the dogs. But she said, ‘Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on
the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.’ Then Jesus answered and said to her, ‘O woman,
your faith is great; be it done for you as you wish.’ And her daughter was healed at once.”
Acts 24:10, “And when the governor had nodded for him to speak, Paul responded [avpokri,nomai]:
‘Knowing that for many years you have been a judge to this nation, I cheerfully make my
defense’”
7—TO ADMONISH, WARN, PERSUADE, BEG
z. (49) nouqete,w – “admonishing every man,” Col 1:28 (cf. Col 3:16; Acts 20:31)
aa. (50) diapeile,w – “to threaten violently” [Liddell-Scott Greek Lexicon, Abridged]:
1) One OT LXX use: “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever
you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.” Ezek 3:17
2) diapeile,w is also used twice in 3 Maccabees:
“or when he heard the shouting and saw them all fallen headlong to destruction, he wept and angrily
threatened his friends, saying,” (3 Macc 6:23)
“But we very severely threatened [sklhro,teron diapeilhsa,menoi] them for these acts, and in
accordance with the clemency which we have toward all men we barely spared their lives. Since
we have come to realize that the God of heaven surely defends the Jews, always taking their part
as a father does for his children” (3 Macc 7:6)
ab. (51) diaste,llw – “warn” and combination:
1) diaste,llw:
“When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you do not warn him [ouv diestei,lw] …” Ezek
3:18
“Yet if you have warned [diastei,lh|] the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his
wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself,” Ezek 3:19