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Pass, Come to Pass

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

from para, "by," erchomai, "to come" or "go," denotes (I), literally, "to pass, pass by," (a) of persons, Matthew 8:28; Mark 6:48; Luke 18:37; Acts 16:8; (b) of things, Matthew 26:39,42; of time, Matthew 14:15; Mark 14:35; Acts 27:9 , AV, "past" (RV, "gone by"); 1 Peter 4:3; (II), metaphorically, (a) "to pass away, to perish," Matthew 5:18; 24:34,35; Mark 13:30,31; Luke 16:17; 21:32,33; 2 Corinthians 5:17; James 1:10; 2 Peter 3:10; (b) "to pass by, disregard, neglect, pass over," Luke 11:42; 15:29 , "transgressed." For the meaning "to come forth or come," see Luke 12:37; 17:7 , RV (Acts 24:7 in some mss.). See COME , No. 9.

denotes "to pass through or over," (a) of persons, e.g., Matthew 12:43 , RV, "passeth (AV, walketh) through;" Mark 4:35 , AV, "pass (RV, go) over;" Luke 19:1,4; Hebrews 4:14 , RV, "passed through" (AV "into"); Christ "passed through" the created heavens to the throne of God; (b) of things, e.g., Matthew 19:24 , "to go through;" Luke 2:35 , "shall pierce through" (metaphorically of a sword). See COME , No. 5.

"to go away," is rendered "to pass" in Revelation 9:12; 11:14; "passed away" in Revelation 21:4 . See DEPART , No. 4.

"to go forward," is translated "passed on" in Acts 12:10 . See GO.

denotes "to pass by opposite to" (anti, "over against," and No. 1), Luke 10:31,32 .

"to step across, cross over," is translated "to pass" in Luke 16:26 (of "passing" across the fixed gulf: for the AV in the 2nd part of the ver., see No. 13); in Hebrews 11:29 , "passed through." See COME , No. 18.

"to pass over from one place to another" (meta, implying change), is translated "we have passed out of" (AV, "from") in 1 John 3:14 , RV, as to the change from death to life. See REMOVE , No. 1.

lit., "to turn back" (ana, "back," strepho, "to turn"), in the Middle Voice, "to conduct oneself, behave, live," is translated "pass (the time)" in 1 Peter 1:17 . See ABIDE , No. 8.

"to pass by, pass away," in Matthew 9:9 , RV, "passed by" (AV, "forth"), is used in the Middle Voice in 1 John 2:8 , RV, "is passing away" (AV, "is past"), of the "passing" of spiritual darkness through the light of the Gospel, and in 1 John 2:17 of the world. See DEPART , No. 2.

primarily, "to go beside, accompany" (para, "beside," poreuomai, "to proceed"), denotes "to go past, pass by," Matthew 27:39; Mark 9:30 , "passed through" (some mss. have poreuomai); Mark 11:20; 15:29; in Mark 2:23 , "going ... through." See GO.

"to pass across, journey through," is used in the Middle Voice, translated "pass by" in Luke 18:36 , AV, RV, "going by." See GO.

in Ephesians 3:19 , "passeth:" see EXCEED , A, No. 1.

"passeth" in Philippians 4:7 : see BETTER (be), No. 4.

"to pass over, cross over" (used in Luke 16:26,2 nd part: see No. 6): see CROSS.

"to travel through, or along" (dia, "through," hodos "a way"), is translated "they had passed through" in Acts 17:1 , lit., "having passed through;" in Luke 8:1 , "He went about," RV (AV, "throughout").

used intransitively, signifies "to make room, retire, pass;" in Matthew 15:17 , RV, "passeth (into the belly)," AV, "goeth." See COME , No. 24.

is translated "was passing away" in 2 Corinthians 3:7 (AV, "was to be done away"); "passeth away" in 2 Corinthians 3:11 , RV (AV, "is done away"). See ABOLISH.

"to have passed by, to be gone by," is used in Acts 14:16 , of past generations, AV, "(in times) past," RV, "(in the generations) gone by."

Notes: (1) Ginomai, "to become, take place," is often translated "to come to pass;" frequently in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts (note the RV of Luke 24:21 ); elsewhere in John 13:19; 14:22 , RV, "(what) is come to pass...?" AV, "(how) is it...?;" John 14:29 (twice); 1 Thessalonians 3:4; Revelation 1:1 . (2) In Acts 2:17,21; 3:23; Romans 9:26 , the AV translates the future of eimi, "to be," "it shall come to pass" (RV, "it shall be"). (3) In Acts 5:15 , AV, erchomai, "to come," is translated "passing by" (RV, "came by"). (4) For the AV, "passing" in Acts 27:8 , see COASTING , C. (5) In Mark 6:35; AV, "the time is far passed" (RV, "the day is...far spent") is, lit., "the hour is much (polus)." (6) For huperakmos in 1 Corinthians 7:36 , RV, "past the flower of her age," see FLOWER.