Thus
Thus
“in this way, so, thus,” is used (a) with reference to what precedes, e.g., Luk 1:25; Luk 2:48; (b) with reference to what follows, e.g., Luk 19:31, rendered “on this wise,” in Mat 1:18; Joh 21:1, and before quotations, Act 7:6; Act 13:34; Rom 10:6, AV (RV, “thus”); Heb 4:4; (c) marking intensity, rendered “so,” e.g., Gal 1:6; Heb 2:21; Rev 16:18; (d) in comparisons, rendered “so,” e.g., Luk 11:30; Rom 5:15. See FASHION, B, LIKEWISE, Note (1), MANNER, C, No. 2, So, Note (1).
Note (1) Touto, the neuter of houtos, “this,” is transalted “thus” in 2Co 1:17; 2Co 5:14; Phi 3:15; the neuter plural, tauta, “these things,” e.g., in Luk 18:11; Luk 19:28; Joh 9:6; Joh 11:43; Joh 13:21; Joh 20:14; Act 19:41. (2) Tade, these things (the neuter plural of hode, “this”), is translated “thus” in Act 21:11. (3) In Luk 17:30, AV, kata tauta, lit., “according to these things,” is rendered “thus” (RV, “after the same manner,” follows the reading kata ta auta, lit., “according to the same things”).