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2.
(
, 2749), “to lie,” is sometimes used as the passive voice of
,
“to put”; it is translated “is (not) made” in 1 Tim. 1:9, of the Law, where a suitable
rendering would be “is (not) enacted.”
Notes:
(1) In 2 Pet. 2:12,
KJV
, the verb
, “to beget,” in the passive voice, to be
born, is translated “made” (
RV
, “born”). (2) In Luke 3:5,
KJV
(3rd statement), the future
tense of
, “to be,” is translated “shall be made” (
RV
, “shall become”); in the next
sentence there is nothing in the original representing “
made”. (3) In Acts 16:13,
KJV
, the infinitive mood of
, “to be,” is translated “to be made” (of prayer),
RV
, “there
was (a place of prayer).” (4) For the translation of words in which the Eng. “made” forms
a part of another verb, see under those words, e.g.,
CONFESSION
,
KNOWN
,
LIKE
,
LOW
,
PAYMENT
,
RICH
,
SUBJECT
.
B. Noun.
(
$
, 461), whence Eng., “poem,” denotes “that which is made” (from
, “to do, make”), Rom. 1:20, “the things that are made”; Eph. 2:10, “(His)
workmanship.Ӧ
MAGISTRATE
1.
(
$
, 4755), besides its application to “the captain of the Temple”
(see
CAPTAIN
), denotes “a magistrate or governor,” Acts 16:20, 22, 35, 36, 38. These
were, in Latin terminology, the
$$ 2
or
, so called in towns which were
Roman colonies. They were attended by lictors or “sergeants,” who executed their orders.
In the circumstances of Acts 16 they exceeded their powers, in giving orders for Roman
citizens to be scourged; hence they became suppliants. See
CAPTAIN
.
2.
(
/$
, 758), “a ruler,” denotes, in Luke 12:58, “a local authority, a
magistrate,” acting in the capacity of one who received complaints, and possessing higher
authority than the judge, to whom the “magistrate” remits the case. See
CHIEF
,
PRINCE
,
RULER
.
Notes:
(1) In Luke 12:11,
KJV
,
, “a beginning, rule, principality,” is translated
“magistrates”; the word, however, denotes “rulers” in general: hence the
RV
, “rulers.” (2)
For the
KJV
of Titus 3:1, “to obey magistrates,” see
OBEY
, B, No. 3.
MAGNIFICENCE
(
, 3168) denotes “splendor, magnificence” (from
,
“magnificent,” mighty,” Acts 2:11,
, “great”), translated “magnificence” in Acts
19:27, of the splendor of the goddess Diana. In Luke 9:43,
RV
(
KJV
, “mighty power”); in
2 Pet. 1:16, “majesty.” In the papyri writings it is frequent as a ceremonial title.¶
MAGNIFY
$
(
"
, 3170), “to make great” (
), is translated “to magnify” in
Luke 1:46; in v. 58,
RV
, “had magnified (His mercy),”
KJV
, “had shewed great (mercy)”;
Acts 5:13; 10:46; 19:17; 2 Cor. 10:15,
RV
(
KJV
, “we shall be enlarged”), i.e., by their faith
in its practical effect he will be so assisted as to enlarge the scope of his gospel ministry
and carry its message to regions beyond them; in Phil. 1:20, of the “magnifying” of