ENEMIES
Enemies
ENEMIES ().1. Of public enemies: twice in the Benedictus, Luk 1:71; Luk 1:74, where the word implies Gentile persecutors. In Luk 19:43 it is spoken of the Romans and their threatened siege of Jerusalem. In the quotation from Psa 110:1 which occurs in Mat 22:44, Mar 12:38, Luk 20:43, Heb 1:13; Heb 10:13, the same word denotes all the world forces opposing Christ. 2. Of private enemies, in the correction of the old maxim enjoining hatred, Love your enemies, Mat 5:43-44, Luk 6:27; Luk 6:35. 3. Of the devil and the powers of evil, in the parable of the Wheat and the Tares, Mat 13:25; Mat 13:39. 4. Of the spiritual forces acting in opposition to Christ, of which the strongest is death, 1Co 15:25-26. 5. Of wicked persons hindering the spread of Christs influence, the enemies of the cross, Php 3:18. The word used in NT for enemies is usually applied elsewhere to private or personal enemies, not to public foes. See, further, artt. Forgiveness, Hatred, Love.
C. H. Prichard.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
ENEMIES
(1) God Delivers from
1Sa 12:11; Ezr 8:31; Psa 18:48; Isa 62:8; Luk 1:71
(2) Of God, their Punishment
Exo 15:6; Deu 32:41; Jdg 5:31; Psa 68:1; Psa 74:23; Isa 1:24
–SEE Wicked, WICKED
—of the Soul. See BATTLE OF LIFE