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Surinam (Neg.ro-E.nglish) Version. Negro-English, or, as it might-be designated with equal propriety, Negro-Dutch, is the language of the Dutch colony of Surinam in Guiana, and is current among a population of at least 100,000 people. Ever since 1738 there has existed in Surinam a mission of the United Brethren; The language is a compound of … Continue reading “Surinam”

Surin, Jean-Joseph Born 1600; died at Bordeaux, 1665. He belonged to the Society of Jesus, and enjoyed great celebrity for his admirable virtues, his trials, and his talents as a spiritual director. Bossuet declared him “consumed with spirituality”. At the suggestion of the Fathers of the Province of Aquitaine, assembled in provincial congregation (1755), the … Continue reading “Surin, Jean Joseph”

Surge * For SURGE, Jam 1:6, RV, see RAGE and WAVE Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Surfeiting See Drunkenness; Gluttony Drunkenness; Gluttony Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible Surfeiting signifies “the giddiness and headache resulting from excessive wine-bibbing, a drunken nausea,” “surfeiting,” Luk 21:34. Trench (Syn. lxi) distinguishes this and the synonymous words, methe, “drunkenness,” oinophlugia, “wine-bibbing” (AV, “excess of wine,” 1Pe 4:3), komos, “revelling.” Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Suretyship Suretyship. In the entire absence of commerce, the law laid down no rules on the subject of suretyship; but it is evident that, in the time of Solomon, commercial dealings had become so multiplied that suretyship, in the commercial sense, was common. Pro 6:1; Pro 11:15; Pro 17:18; Pro 20:16; Pro 22:26; Pro 27:13. … Continue reading “Suretyship”

Surety (Noun) primarily signifies “bail,” the bail who personally answers for anyone, whether with his life or his property (to be distinguished from mesites, “a mediator”); it is used in Heb 7:22, “(by so much also hath Jesus become) the Surety (of a better covenant),” referring to the abiding and unchanging character of His Melchizdek … Continue reading “Surety (Noun)”

SURETY One who makes himself personally responsible for the safe appearing of another, Gen 43:9 44:32, or for the full payment of his debts, etc., Pro 22:26 . Christ is the “surety of a better testament;” that is, in the glorious and complete covenant of grace he engages to meet all the claims of the … Continue reading “Surety”

Suretiship (“Person for person”.) (Gen 43:9). The hand was given in token of undertaking the office or becoming responsible for a debt (Job 17:13; Pro 6:1; Psa 119:122; Isa 38:14): “undertake (harbeeni) for me,” Hebrew “be surety for me.” Christ is the “surety (enguos) of a better testament” (Heb 7:22; Heb 9:11-15); Jer 30:21, “who … Continue reading “Suretiship”

sureties The New Code of Canon Law, supporting ancient custom, forbids solemn Baptism without a godparent. One should also be called for private Baptism if possible. This is in keeping with the nature of Baptism considered as a spiritual regeneration. It is the duty of sponsors to make a profession of faith during the baptismal … Continue reading “Sureties”

Surenhusius (Surenhus), WILLEM, professor of Greek and Hebrew at Amsterdam, flourished in the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. He edited a beautifully printed edition of the Mischna, sive totius Hebraeorum Juris, Rituum, Antiquitatum, et Legum Oralium Systema, cune Clarissimorum Rabbinorumn Main onidis et Bartenorce Comometariis Integris, etc. (Amst. 1690-1703, … Continue reading “Surenhusius”