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Headword:
Thlipsis
Adler number: theta,391
Translated headword: tribulation
Vetting Status: high
Translation: By this name many things are designated: imprisonment, captivity, exile and things of that sort.[1]
In reference to God, [Scripture] calls the bitter retributions "wrath and anger and affliction". For it does not [say that wickedness is the avenging angels'] nature or will.[2]
Greek Original:Thlipsis: toutôi tôi onomati polla dêloutai: phulakai, aluseis, exoriai, kai hosa toiauta. thumon kai orgên kai thlipsin epi theou tas pikras timôrias kalei: ou gar phusin, oude proairesin.
Notes:
[1] Connected by Tittman (so Adler notes) with
Colossians 1.24, where Christ's tribulations are mentioned.
[2] From Theodoret (PG 80.1496b) on
Psalm 77.49
LXX; quoted more fully at
alpha 196, and again briefly at
theta 575.
Keywords: Christianity; definition; ethics; imagery; law; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 12 October 2007@23:26:33.
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