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B. Verbs.
1.
(
, 2206), akin to A, “to be jealous, to burn with jealousy” (otherwise,
to seek or desire eagerly), is rendered “moved with jealousy,” in Acts 7:9 and 17:5,
RV
(
KJV
, “moved with envy”); in 1 Cor. 13:4, “envieth (not),”
KJV
and
RV
; in Jas. 4:2,
RV
marg., “are jealous” (text “covet;”
KJV
, “desire to have”). See
AFFECT
,
:
DESIRE
.
2.
(
$
, 3863), “to provoke to jealousy” (
, “beside,” used
intensively, and No. 1), is found in Rom. 10:19 and 11:11, of God’s dealings with Israel
through his merciful dealings with Gentiles; in 11:14,
RV
, “I may provoke to jealousy”
(
KJV
, “… emulation”), of the apostle’s evangelical ministry to Gentiles with a view to
stirring his fellow nationals to a sense of their need and responsibilities regarding the
gospel; in 1 Cor. 10:22, of the provocation of God on the part of believers who
compromise their divine relationship by partaking of the table of demons; in Gal. 5:20, of
the works of the flesh.¶
For
JEOPARDY
see
DANGER
JESTING
$
(
' $ &
, 2160) properly denotes “wit, facetiousness, versatility” (lit.,
“easily turning,” from
$
, “well,”
, “to turn”). It was used in the literal sense to
describe the quick movements of apes and persons. Pericles speaks of the Athenians of
his day (430 B.C) as distinguished by a happy and gracious “flexibility.” In the next
century Aristotle uses it of “versatility” in the give and take of social intercourse, quick
repartee. In the sixth century, B.C, the poet Pindar speaks of one Jason as never using a
word of “vain lightness,” a meaning approaching its latest use. Its meaning certainly
deteriorated, and it came to denote “coarse jesting, ribaldry,” as in Eph. 5:4, where it
follows
, “foolish talking.”¶
JESUS
$
(
T
, 2424) is a transliteration of the Heb. “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is
salvation,” i.e., “is the Savior,” “a common name among the Jews, e.g., Ex. 17:9; Luke
3:29 (
RV
); Col. 4:11. It was given to the Son of God in Incarnation as His personal name,
in obedience to the command of an angel to Joseph, the husband of His Mother, Mary,
shortly before He was born, Matt. 1:21. By it He is spoken of throughout the Gospel
narratives generally, but not without exception, as in Mark 16:19, 20; Luke 7:13, and a
dozen other places in that Gospel, and a few in John.
“ ‘Jesus Christ’ occurs only in Matt. 1:1, 18; 16:21, marg.; Mark 1:1; John 1:17; 17:3.
In Acts the name ‘Jesus’ is found frequently. ‘Lord Jesus’ is the normal usage, as in Acts
8:16; 19:5, 17; see also the reports of the words of Stephen, 7:59, of Ananias, 9:17, and of
Paul, 16:31; though both Peter, 10:36, and Paul, 16:18, also used ‘Jesus Christ.’
“In the Epistles of James, Peter, John and Jude, the personal name is not once found
alone, but in Rev. eight times (
RV
), 1:9; 12:17; 14:12; 17:6; 19:10 (twice); 20:4; 22:16.
“In the Epistles of Paul ‘Jesus’ appears alone just thirteen times, and in the Hebrews
eight times; in the latter the title ‘Lord’ is added once only, at 13:20. In the Epistles of
James, Peter, John, and Jude, men who had companied with the Lord in the days of His
flesh, ‘Jesus Christ’ is the invariable order (in the
RV
) of the Name and Title, for this was
the order of their experience; as ‘Jesus’ they knew Him first, that He was Messiah they