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( b ) Col. 1:13. o}" ejruvsato hJma'" ejk th'" ejxousiva" tou' skovtou" kai; metevsthsen eij" th;n basileivan tou' uiJou' th'" ajgavph" aujtou' .

Col. 4:11. sunergoi; eij" th;n basileivan tou' qeou' . Eph. 5:5. ejn th'/ basileiva/ tou' cristou' kai; qeou' . ( c ) 2 Tim. 4:1. Cristou' jIhsou', tou' mevllonto" krivnein zw'nta" k. nekrouv", kai; th;n ejpifavneian aujtou' kai; th;n basileivan aujtou' .

Tim. 4:18. rJuvsetaiv me oJ kuvrio" ajpo; panto;" e[rgou ponhrou' k. swvsei eij" th;n basileivan aujtou' th;n ejpouravnion .

B. Use in other Epistles.

( a ) Heb. 1:8. hJ rJabdo;" th'" basileiva" (from LXX. of Ps. 45:7).

:28. basileivan ajsavleuton paralambavnonte" . ( b ) Jas. 2:5. klhronovmou" th'" basileiva" h|" ejphggeivlato toi'" ajgapw'sin aujtovn .

( c ) 2 Pet. 1:11. eij" th;n aijwvnion basileivan tou' kurivou hJmw'n kai; swth'ro" jIhsou' Cristou' .

C. Use in the Synoptic Gospels and in ‘Acts.’

( a ) In the Synoptists, besides hJ basileiva sou of the Lord's Prayer, the expression hJ basileiva tou' qeou' is of constant occurrence, except in the Gospel of St Matthew, where it is found four times only (Matt. 6:33, 12:28, 19:24, 21:43), being elsewhere replaced by the phrase hJ b. tw'n oujranw'n . Three times in St Matthew (4:23, 9:35, 24:14) we have to; eujaggevlion th'" basileiva" ,—‘the Gospel of the Kingdom’—and once (13:19) to;n lovgon th'" basileiva" —‘the word of the Kingdom.’

[Note especially Lk. 22:29 kajgw; diativqemai uJmi'n, kaqw;" dievqetov moi oJ pathvr mou basileivan, i{na e[sqhte kai; pivnhte ejpi; th'" trapevzh" mou ejn th'/ basileiva/ mou, kai; kaqh'sqe ejpi; qrovnwn ta;" dwvdeka fula;" krivnonte" tou' jIsrahvlº .

( b ) In ‘Acts’ the phrase ta; peri; th'" basileiva" t. qeou' occurs thrice (Acts 1:3, 8:12, 19:8). The other references to ‘the Kingdom of God’ are 14:22 eijselqei'n eij" t. basileivan t. q. , 28:23 diamarturovmeno" t. basileivan t. q. , ib. 31 khruvsswn t. b. t. q. : in 20:25 khruvsswn t. basileivan (om. t. qeou' ) is read:—cf. 1:6.

D. Use in Johannine writings.

( a ) Apoc. 1:6. k. ejpoivhsen hJma'" basileivan iJerei'" tw'/ qew'/ k. patri;

Apoc. 1:9. sunkoinwno;" ejn th'/ qlivyei k. basileiva/ k. uJpomonh'/ ejn

Apoc. 5:10. ejpoivhsa" aujtou;" tw'/ qew'/ hJmw'n basileivan k. iJerei'", kai; basileuvsousin ejpi; th'" gh'" .

Apoc. 11:15. ejgevneto hJ basileiva tou' kovsmou tou' kurivou hJmw'n kai; tou' cristou' aujtou', k. basileuvsei eij" tou;" aijw'na" tw'n aijwvnwn .

Apoc. 12:10. hJ basileiva tou' qeou' hJmw'n k. hJ ejxousiva tou' cristou'

aujtou' .

jIhsou' .

aujtou' .


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