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.They wereconnected by leathern straps or metal bands passing over the shouldersand fastened in front, and by hinges on the right side.The breastplate covers the vital parts, as the heart,15.Preparation (eJtoimasi>a|).Only here in the New Testament.TheRoman soldier substituted for the greaves of the Greek (metal platescovering the lower part of the leg) the caligae or sandals, bound by thongsover the instep and round the ankle, and having the soles thickly studdedwith nails.They were not worn by the superior officers, so that thecommon soldiers were distinguished as caligati.ÚEtoimasi>a meansreadiness; but in Hellenistic Greek it was sometimes used in the sense ofestablishment or firm foundation, which would suit this passage:firm-footing.Compare Isaiah 52:7.16.Above all (ejpira door, because shaped like a door.Homer uses the word for thatwhich is placed in front of the doorway.Thus of the stone placed byPolyphemus in front of his cave ( Odyssey, ix., 240).The shield heredescribed is that of the heavy infantry; a large, oblong shield, four by twoand a half feet, and sometimes curved on the inner side.Sculpturedrepresentations may be seen on Trajan s column.Compare Compass himas with a shield, Psalm 5:12.It was made of wood or of wicker-work, andheld on the left arm by means of a handle.Xenophon describes troops, supposed to be Egyptians, with wooden shields reaching to their feet( Anabasis, i., 8, 9).Saving faith is meant.Fiery darts (talh tana).Lit., the darts, those which havebeen set on fire.Herodotas says that the Persians attacked the citadel ofAthens with arrows whereto pieces of lighted tow were attached, whichthey shot at the barricade (viii., 52).Thucydides: the Plataeansconstructed a wooden frame, which they set up on the top of their ownwall opposite the mound.They also hung curtains of skills and hides infront: these were designed to protect the woodwork and the workers, andshield them against blazing arrows (2:75).Livy tells of a huge dart used atthe siege of Saguntum, which was impelled by twisted ropes. There wasused by the Saguntines a missile weapon called falarica, with the shaft offir, and round in other parts, except toward the point, whence the ironprojected.This part, which was square, they bound around with tow andbesmeared with pitch.It had an iron head three feet in length, so that itcould pierce through the body with the armor.But what caused thegreatest fear was that this weapon, even though it stuck in the shield anddid not penetrate into the body, when it was discharged with the middlepart on fire, and bore along a much greater flame produced by the meremotion, obliged the armor to be thrown down, and exposed the soldier tosucceeding blows (21:8).Again, of the siege of Ambracia by the Romans: Some advanced with burning torches, others carrying tow and pitch andfire-darts, their entire line being illuminated by the blaze (38:6).ComparePsalm 7:13, where the correct rendering is, His arrows He maketh fieryarrows. Temptation is thus represented as impelled from a distance.Satan attacks by indirection through good things from which no evil issuspected.There is a hint of its propagating power: one sin draws anotherin its track: the flame of the fire-tipped dart spreads.Temptation acts onsusceptible material.Self-confidence is combustible.Faith, in doing awaywith dependence on self, takes away fuel for the dart.It createssensitiveness to holy influences by which the power of temptation isneutralized.It enlists the direct aid of God.See 1.Corinthians 10:13; Luke22:32; James 1:2; 1 Peter 4:12; 2 Peter 2:9.17.Take the helmet of salvation (than tou~ swthri>oude>xasqe).Compare Isaiah 59:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:8.Take is a differentword from that used in vers.13, 16.It is receive as from God.The meaning is the helmet which is salvation.The protection for the head.Thehelmet was originally of skin, strengthened with bronze or other metal, andsurmounted with a figure adorned with a horsehair crest.It was furnishedwith a visor to protect the face.Sword of the Spirit (ma>cairan tou~ pneu>matov).See on Revelation 6:4.The word of God serves both for attack and to parry the thrusts of theenemy.Thus Christ used it in His temptation.It is the sword of the Spirit,because the Spirit of God gives it and inspires it.The Spirit s aid is neededfor its interpretation.Compare John 14:10; Hebrews 4:12, in which latterpassage the image is sacrificial.Word of God (rJh~ma qeou~).See on Luke 1:37.See Luke 3:2; 4:4; Romans10:17; Hebrews 6:5; 11:3.18.Always (ejn pantiwith is literallythrough; that is, through the medium of.All, lit., every.Prayer is of variouskinds, formal, silent, vocal, secret, public, petitionary, ejaculatory shotupward like a dart (jaculum) on a sudden emergency.Compare Psalm 5:1,2.Watching thereunto (eijv aujtosei).Only here.The kindred verbproskartere>w to continue, occurs often.See on Acts 1:14.19.Boldly.Connect with to make known, as Rev.; not with open mymouth, as A.V.Mystery [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]
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.They wereconnected by leathern straps or metal bands passing over the shouldersand fastened in front, and by hinges on the right side.The breastplate covers the vital parts, as the heart,15.Preparation (eJtoimasi>a|).Only here in the New Testament.TheRoman soldier substituted for the greaves of the Greek (metal platescovering the lower part of the leg) the caligae or sandals, bound by thongsover the instep and round the ankle, and having the soles thickly studdedwith nails.They were not worn by the superior officers, so that thecommon soldiers were distinguished as caligati.ÚEtoimasi>a meansreadiness; but in Hellenistic Greek it was sometimes used in the sense ofestablishment or firm foundation, which would suit this passage:firm-footing.Compare Isaiah 52:7.16.Above all (ejpira door, because shaped like a door.Homer uses the word for thatwhich is placed in front of the doorway.Thus of the stone placed byPolyphemus in front of his cave ( Odyssey, ix., 240).The shield heredescribed is that of the heavy infantry; a large, oblong shield, four by twoand a half feet, and sometimes curved on the inner side.Sculpturedrepresentations may be seen on Trajan s column.Compare Compass himas with a shield, Psalm 5:12.It was made of wood or of wicker-work, andheld on the left arm by means of a handle.Xenophon describes troops, supposed to be Egyptians, with wooden shields reaching to their feet( Anabasis, i., 8, 9).Saving faith is meant.Fiery darts (talh tana).Lit., the darts, those which havebeen set on fire.Herodotas says that the Persians attacked the citadel ofAthens with arrows whereto pieces of lighted tow were attached, whichthey shot at the barricade (viii., 52).Thucydides: the Plataeansconstructed a wooden frame, which they set up on the top of their ownwall opposite the mound.They also hung curtains of skills and hides infront: these were designed to protect the woodwork and the workers, andshield them against blazing arrows (2:75).Livy tells of a huge dart used atthe siege of Saguntum, which was impelled by twisted ropes. There wasused by the Saguntines a missile weapon called falarica, with the shaft offir, and round in other parts, except toward the point, whence the ironprojected.This part, which was square, they bound around with tow andbesmeared with pitch.It had an iron head three feet in length, so that itcould pierce through the body with the armor.But what caused thegreatest fear was that this weapon, even though it stuck in the shield anddid not penetrate into the body, when it was discharged with the middlepart on fire, and bore along a much greater flame produced by the meremotion, obliged the armor to be thrown down, and exposed the soldier tosucceeding blows (21:8).Again, of the siege of Ambracia by the Romans: Some advanced with burning torches, others carrying tow and pitch andfire-darts, their entire line being illuminated by the blaze (38:6).ComparePsalm 7:13, where the correct rendering is, His arrows He maketh fieryarrows. Temptation is thus represented as impelled from a distance.Satan attacks by indirection through good things from which no evil issuspected.There is a hint of its propagating power: one sin draws anotherin its track: the flame of the fire-tipped dart spreads.Temptation acts onsusceptible material.Self-confidence is combustible.Faith, in doing awaywith dependence on self, takes away fuel for the dart.It createssensitiveness to holy influences by which the power of temptation isneutralized.It enlists the direct aid of God.See 1.Corinthians 10:13; Luke22:32; James 1:2; 1 Peter 4:12; 2 Peter 2:9.17.Take the helmet of salvation (than tou~ swthri>oude>xasqe).Compare Isaiah 59:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:8.Take is a differentword from that used in vers.13, 16.It is receive as from God.The meaning is the helmet which is salvation.The protection for the head.Thehelmet was originally of skin, strengthened with bronze or other metal, andsurmounted with a figure adorned with a horsehair crest.It was furnishedwith a visor to protect the face.Sword of the Spirit (ma>cairan tou~ pneu>matov).See on Revelation 6:4.The word of God serves both for attack and to parry the thrusts of theenemy.Thus Christ used it in His temptation.It is the sword of the Spirit,because the Spirit of God gives it and inspires it.The Spirit s aid is neededfor its interpretation.Compare John 14:10; Hebrews 4:12, in which latterpassage the image is sacrificial.Word of God (rJh~ma qeou~).See on Luke 1:37.See Luke 3:2; 4:4; Romans10:17; Hebrews 6:5; 11:3.18.Always (ejn pantiwith is literallythrough; that is, through the medium of.All, lit., every.Prayer is of variouskinds, formal, silent, vocal, secret, public, petitionary, ejaculatory shotupward like a dart (jaculum) on a sudden emergency.Compare Psalm 5:1,2.Watching thereunto (eijv aujtosei).Only here.The kindred verbproskartere>w to continue, occurs often.See on Acts 1:14.19.Boldly.Connect with to make known, as Rev.; not with open mymouth, as A.V.Mystery [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]