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Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

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In the NT this word is used only three times: (1) as indicating a judicial sentence (ἐπικρίνω, Luke 23:24; see Trial-at-law); (2) as giving a decision or judgment on a matter submitted for settlement (κρίνω): ‘My sentence (Revised Version ‘judgement’) is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God’ (Acts 15:19); (3) as a conclusion come to, or an answer given to a question put in certain circumstances (ἀπόκριμα): ‘But we had the sentence of death in ourselves’ (2 Corinthians 1:9 Authorized Version ; Revised Version , ‘Yea, we ourselves have had the answer [Revised Version margin ‘sentence’] of death within ourselves’). The word is of very frequent use in Acts and the Epistles in the sense of expressing a personal judgment or decision, or of holding an opinion (Acts 26:8, 1 Corinthians 2:2, etc.).

John Reid.

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Sentence'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdn/​s/sentence.html. 1906-1918.
 
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