μαρτύριον,
μαρτυρίου,
τό (
μάρτυρ (cf.
μάρτυς)), (from
Pindar,
Herodotus down), the
Sept. for
עֵד,
עֵדָה, more often for
עֵדוּת (an ordinance, precept); most frequently for
מועֵד (an assembly), as though that came from
עוּד to testify, whereas it is from
יָעַד to appoint;
testimony;
a. with a genitive of the subjunctive:
τῆς συνειδήσεως,
2 Corinthians 1:12; with the genitive of object:
ἀποδιδόναι τό...
τῆς ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ,
Acts 4:33.
b. τοῦ Χριστοῦ, concerning Christ the Saviour (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 a.): the proclamation of salvation by the apostles is so called (for reasons given under
μαρτυρέω, at the beginning),
1 Corinthians 1:6; also
τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν,
2 Timothy 1:8;
τοῦ Θεοῦ, concerning God (
Winer's Grammar, as above), i. e. concerning what God has done through Christ for the salvation of men,
1 Corinthians 2:1 (here
WH text
μυστήριον); with the subject. genitive
ἡμῶν, given by us,
2 Thessalonians 1:10.
εἰς μαρτύριον τῶν λαληθησομένων, to give testimony concerning those things which were to be spoken (in the Messiah's time) i. e. concerning the Christian revelation,
Hebrews 3:5; cf. Delitzsch at the passage (others refer it to the Mosaic law (
Numbers 12:7, especially 8); cf.
Riehm, Lehrbegriff d. Heb. 1:312).
c. εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς for a testimony unto them, that they may have testimony, i. e. evidence, in proof of this or that: e. g. that a leper has been cured,
Matthew 8:4;
Mark 1:44;
Luke 5:14; that persons may get knowledge of something the knowledge of which will be for their benefit,
Matthew 10:18;
Matthew 24:14;
Mark 13:9; that they may have evidence of their impurity,
Mark 6:11; in the same case we find
εἰς μαρτύριον ἐπ' αὐτούς, for a testimony against them (cf.
ἐπί, C. I. 2 g.
γ.
ββ.),
Luke 9:5;
ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον, it will turn out to you as an opportunity of bearing testimony concerning me and my cause,
Luke 21:13;
εἰς μαρτύριον ὑμῖν ἔσται, it will serve as a proof of your wickedness,
James 5:3; by apposition to the whole preceding clause (
Winer's Grammar, § 59, 9 a.),
τό μαρτύριον καιροῖς ἰδίοις, that which (to wit, that Christ gave himself as a ransom) would be (the substance of) the testimony equivalent to was to be testified (by the apostles and the preachers of the gospel) in the times fitted for it,
1 Timothy 2:6 (where Lachmann omits
τί μαρτύριον); cf. the full exposition of this passage in Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans iii., p. 12ff;
ἡ σκηνή τοῦ μαρτυρίου,
Acts 7:44;
Revelation 15:5; in the
Sept. very often for
אֹהֶל־מועֵד (see above), and occasionally for
הָעֵדוּת אֹהֶל, as
Exodus 38:26;
Leviticus 24:3, etc.
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