WORDS OF CURRENT INTEREST

[The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on November 14, 1965.]

The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God (Rom. 8:19)

Moffatt offers this rendition: "The creation waits with eager longing for the sons of God to be revealed"; and The New English Bible has a similar wording: "The created universe waits with eager expectation for God's sons to be revealed."

Embryo

(em'bry-o—e as in end, y as in sleepy, o as in old). The developing human individual in the early stages after conception.

After the image of (Col. 3:9, 10)

Paul, writing in Greek to the Colossians, uses the same words for "man" (verse 9) and "image" (verse 10) as are found in the Septuagint Greek Version of the first chapter of Genesis as though he knew that translation himself and supposed the congregation of the church at Colosse would be familiar with it.

There wrestled a man with him (Gen. 32:24)

One of the striking cases of resemblance in Old Testament and New Testament narrative appears in the transforming experience of Jacob, recorded in Genesis 32 and that of Paul recorded in Acts 9.

Thy name shall he called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with MEN, AND HAST PREVAILED (Gen. 32:28)

The meaning of the name "Israel" is usually given as "striver with God" or "soldier of God." The Revised Standard Version translates the last part of the verse thus: "For you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed."

Impetuosity

(im-pech'oo-os'i-ty—first i as in is, second as in charity, e as in end, oo as in food, o as in odd, y as in sleepy). The quality or state of being impulsively vehement in feeling or of being hastily or rashly energetic or passionate.

Damascus (Acts 9:2)

An ancient city of Syria situated on a fertile plateau watered by the rivers Abanah and Pharpar. In the time of Paul many Jews lived there and supported several synagogues.

The street which is called Straight (Acts 9:11)

This street is about two miles long and runs almost through the center of Damascus. It is a poor street now, but in New Testament times it was a magnificent thoroughfare.

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