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2.
$
(
&
, 2892), from Lat.,
$
(cf. Eng., “custody”), is
rendered “watch” in Matt. 27:65, 66 and 28:11,
KJV
: see
GUARD
.¶
3.
$
(
$
&
, 70), “sleeplessness” (akin to B, No. 4), is rendered
“watchings” in 2 Cor. 6:5; 11:27.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
$ $ "
, 1127), “to watch,” is used (a) of “keeping awake,” e.g.,
Matt. 24:43; 26:38, 40, 41; (b) of “spiritual alertness,” e.g., Acts 20:31; 1 Cor. 16:13; Col.
4:2; 1 Thess. 5:6, 10 (for which see
WAKE
); 1 Pet. 5:8,
RV
, “be watchful” (
KJV
, “be
vigilant”); Rev. 3:2, 3; 16:15.
2.
(
$!
, 5083), “to keep,” is rendered “to watch,” of those who kept guard at
the cross, Matt. 27:36, 54; 28:4,
RV
, “watchers” (
KJV
, “keepers”), lit., “the watching
ones.” See
HOLD
, No. 8,
KEEP
,
OBSERVE
,
PRESERVE
,
RESERVE
.
3.
(
$ $!
, 3906), “to observe,” especially with sinister intent (
,
“near,” and No. 2), is rendered “to watch” in Mark 3:2; Luke 6:7; 14:1; 20:20; Acts 9:24.
See
OBSERVE
.
4.
$
(
$
!
, 69), “to be sleepless” (from
$
, “to chase,” and
$
,
“sleep”), is used metaphorically, “to be watchful,” in Mark 13:33; Luke 21:36; Eph. 6:18;
Heb. 13:17. The word expresses not mere wakefulness, but the “watchfulness” of those
who are intent upon a thing.¶
5.
(
)
, 3525), “to abstain from wine,” is used metaphorically of moral
“alertness,” and translated “to watch,” in the
KJV
of 2 Tim. 4:5. See
SOBER
.
WATER (Noun and Verb), WATERING, WATERLESS
A. Noun.
$
(
> $
, 5204), whence Eng. prefix, “hydro-,” is used (a) of the natural element,
frequently in the Gospels; in the plural especially in the Apocalypse; elsewhere, e.g.,
Heb. 9:19; Jas. 3:12; in 1 John 5:6, that Christ “came by water and blood,” may refer
either (1) to the elements that flowed from His side on the cross after His death, or, in
view of the order of the words and the prepositions here used, (2) to His baptism in
Jordan and His death on the cross. As to (1), the “water” would symbolize the moral and
practical cleansing effected by the removal of defilement by our taking heed to the Word
of God in heart, life and habit; cf. Lev. 14, as to the cleansing of the leper. As to (2),
Jesus the Son of God came on His mission by, or through, “water” and blood, namely, at
His baptism, when He publicly entered upon His mission and was declared to be the Son
of God by the witness of the Father, and at the cross, when He publicly closed His
witness; the apostle’s statement thus counteracts the doctrine of the Gnostics that the
divine
6
united Himself with the Man Jesus at His baptism, and left him at
Gethsemane. On the contrary, He who was baptized and He who was crucified was the
Son of God throughout in His combined deity and humanity.
The word “water” is used symbolically in John 3:5, either (1) of the Word of God, as
in 1 Pet. 1:23 (cf. the symbolic use in Eph. 5:26), or, in view of the preposition , “out
of,” (2) of the truth conveyed by baptism, this being the expression, not the medium, the
symbol, not the cause, of the believer’s identification with Christ in His death, burial and