
of miracles and wonders by which God authenticates the men sent by him, or by which men prove that the cause they are pleading is God's: Matthew 12:38 Matthew 16:1, 4 Mark 8:11 Mark 16:17, 20 Luke 11:16, 29 Luke 23:8 John 2:11, 18, 23 John 3:2 John 4:54 John 6:2, 14, 26, 30 John 7:31 John 9:16 John 10:41 John 11:47 John 12:18, 37 John 20:30 Acts 2:22, 43 Acts 8:6 1 Corinthians 1:22 but time power διδόναι σημεῖα, by which men are deceived, is ascribed also to false teachers, false prophets, and to demons: Matthew 24:24 Mark 13:22 Revelation 13:13 Revelation 16:14 Revelation 19:20 2 Thessalonians 2:9. of signs portending remarkable events soon to happen: Luke 21:11, 25 Acts 2:19 Revelation 12:1, 3 Revelation 15:1.ī. an unusual occurrence, transcending the common course of nature Ī.
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245f), and others (but that Luke's report is less full than Matthew's, rather than at variance with it, is shown by Meyer, Weiss, Keil, and others (on Matthew, the passage cited)).Ģ. 265f edition 1 (English translation, (3rd edition N. Matthew 12:40 that Luke reproduces Christ's words more correctly than Matthew is shown by De Wette and Bleek on Matthew 12:40, by Neander, Leben Jesu, p. to the sign which was given by the mission and preaching of Jonah, to prompt men to seek salvation ( Winer's Grammar, 189 (177)) in the same sense, ὁ υἱός τοῦ ἀνθρώπου says that he will be a σημεῖον, to the men of his generation, Luke 11:30 but in Matthew 12:39 Matthew 16:4 τό σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ is the miraculous experience which befell Jonah himself, cf. the indications of future events which οἱ καιροί furnish, what οἱ καιροί portend, Matthew 16:3 ( T brackets WH reject the passage) a sign by which one is warned, an admonition, 1 Corinthians 14:22. Buttmann, § 123, 4)), equivalent to σημεῖον, ὁ ἐστι περιτομή, circumcision which should be a sign of the covenant formed with God, Romans 4:11 τά σημεῖα τοῦ ἀποστόλου, the tokens by which one is proved to be an apostle, 2 Corinthians 12:12 a sign by which anything future is pre-announced, Mark 13:4 Luke 21:7 τό σημεῖον τῆς σής παρουσίας, genitive of the object, Matthew 24:3 τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, the sign which indicates that the Messiah will shortly, or forthwith, come from heaven in visible manifestation, Matthew 24:30 with a genitive of the subjunctive τά σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν, i. universally, that by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others and known: Matthew 26:48 Luke 2:12 2 Thessalonians 3:17 σημεῖον περιτομῆς (explanatory genitive (cf. My lawyer is acting on my behalf He is also acting on behalf of my mother She is acting for the headmaster in his absence.Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4592: σημεῖον To do something for (someone else) to act as the representative of (someone). Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd.
