OT.filter - rwp agapa:

rwp@2Timothy:1:2 @{Beloved} (\agaptoi\). Instead of \gnsii\ (genuine) in strkjv@1Timothy:1:2|. He had already called Timothy \agapton\ (verbal adjective of \agapa\) in strkjv@1Corinthians:4:17|, an incidental and strong proof that it is Paul who is writing here. This argument applies to each of the Pastorals for Paul is known by other sources (Acts and previous Pauline Epistles) to sustain precisely the affectionate relation toward Timothy and Titus shown in the Pastorals.

rwp@Revelation:20:9 @{They went up} (\anebsan\). Second aorist active indicative of \anabain\, a return to the manner of the seer as in verses 4,5|. {Over the breadth of the earth} (\epi to platos ts gs\). \Platos\ is old word, in N.T. only here, strkjv@21:16; strkjv@Ephesians:3:18|. The hosts of Satan spread over the earth. {Compassed} (\ekukleusan\). First aorist (prophetic) active indicative of \kukleu\, to encircle, late verb (Strabo) from \kuklos\ (circle), in N.T. only here and margin in strkjv@John:10:24| (for \ekuklsan\ from \kuklo\). {The camp of the saints} (\tn paremboln tn hagin\). \Parembol\ (\para, en, ball\) is common late word for military camp, in LXX for the Israelites in the desert (Exodus:29:14|, etc.), in N.T. for Roman barracks (Acts:24:34,37|) and for an army in line of battle (Hebrews:11:34; strkjv@Revelation:20:9|). {The beloved city} (\tn polin tn gapmenn\). Perfect passive participle of \agapa\, "the city the beloved." See strkjv@Psalms:78:68; strkjv@87:2| for Jerusalem so described. Songs:Charles takes it here, but Swete holds it to be "the Church the New Zion" that is meant. {And fire came down out of heaven} (\kai kateb pur ek tou ouranou\). Second aorist (prophetic) active indicative of \katabain\. Cf. strkjv@Genesis:19:24; strkjv@39:6; strkjv@Ezekiel:38:22; strkjv@2Kings:1:10,12; strkjv@Luke:9:54| (about John). {Devoured them} (\katephagen autous\). Second aorist (prophetic) active of \katesthi\, to eat up (down). Vivid climax to this last great battle with Satan.

rwp@Romans:9:13 @Paul quotes strkjv@Malachi:1:2f|. {But Esau I hated} (\ton de Esau emissa\). This language sounds a bit harsh to us. It is possible that the word \mise\ did not always carry the full force of what we mean by "hate." See strkjv@Matthew:6:24| where these very verbs (\mise\ and \agapa\) are contrasted. Songs:also in strkjv@Luke:14:26| about "hating" (\mise\) one's father and mother if coming between one and Christ. Songs:in strkjv@John:12:25| about "hating" one's life. There is no doubt about God's preference for Jacob and rejection of Esau, but in spite of Sanday and Headlam one hesitates to read into these words here the intense hatred that has always existed between the descendants of Jacob and of Esau.