Murmuring
Murmuring
The non-classical vernacular terms (H. A. A. Kennedy, Sources of NT Greek, 1895, p. 38 ff.). and are used seven times in the Septuagint in reference to Israel in the wilderness. The verb is used in the same connexion in 1Co 10:10 -Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer, the allusion being apparently to the rebellion of Korah against the authority of Moses and Aaron, which was followed by the punishment of violent death (Numbers 16). The OT reference and the evil of partisanship which had become conspicuous at Corinth (1Co 1:12; 1Co 3:6; 1Co 4:6; 1Co 4:18 f.) suggest that the murmuring the Apostle had in mind was that of schismatic discontent in the Church, rather than that of complaint against Providence because of the limitations of the human lot-the sense which the term most naturally suggests to us.
The second Pauline passage where the term occurs (Do all things without murmurings and disputations [Php 2:14]), follows an appeal for Church harmony (Php 2:1-4; cf. Php 4:2) and is obviously a warning similar to that of 1Co 10:10. The quotation from the Song of Moses (Deu 32:5 Septuagint ) in the following verses hints that the history in the wilderness is again in the authors mind.
The murmurers of Judes letter (Jud 1:16) are the false teachers who have crept into the Church and are fostering discontent for their own advantage, challenging (Church) authority and railing at dignities (Jud 1:8). Again there is a reference to the incident of Korah (Jud 1:11).
The murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews (Act 6:1)-a complaint against Church administration-is the only instance where murmuring has not a conspicuous reproof. Even here the language of the Apostles (Act 6:2; Act 6:4) may hint censure.
In 1Pe 4:9 (using hospitality one to another without murmuring) the reference appears to be to the grumbling against the obligation, imposed by Church tradition, of mutual hospitality among Christians (cf. the communistic spirit of Act 2:44). The Authorized Version translation without grudging (so also Weymouth) misses the above significance.
The term thus appears to have been used by the NT writers in a specific sense (suggested by the classical instance of Korah) of disloyalty in one way or another to the Church, its traditions, its harmony and unity. 1Co 10:10 and Jud 1:16 suggest that, as in the case of Korah, such murmurings are really against God Himself.
H. Bulcock.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Murmuring
(, Exo 16:7 sq.; ), a complaint made for wrong supposed to have been received. Paul forbids murmuring (1Co 10:10), as did also the wise man in the Apocrypha (Wis 1:11). God severely punished the Hebrews who murmured in the desert, and was more than once on the point of forsaking them, and even of destroying them, had not Moses appeased his anger by earnest prayer (Num 11:33-34; Numbers 12; Num 14:30-31; Num 16:3; Num 21:4-6; Psa 78:30). SEE RESIGNATION.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Murmuring (2)
as a sign of disapproval or pleasure,” says Walcott, “was once common in British churches.” Bishop Burnet and bishop Spratt were both hummed when preaching at St. Margaret’s, Westminster. Burnet sat down and enjoyed it, rubbing his face with his handkerchief; but Spratt, stretching out his hand, cried, “Peace, peace; I pray you, peace.” At Cambridge a witty preacher, in the time of queen Anne, addressed his congregation at St. Mary’s as “Hum et hissimi auditores.” At Hereford this unseemly practice, which greeted every person arriving late in the choir, was prohibited (Sacred Archaceology, page 394).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Murmuring
of the Hebrews in the wilderness, called forth the displeasure of God, which was only averted by the earnest prayer of Moses (Num. 11:33, 34; 12; 14:27, 30, 31; 16:3; 21:4-6; Ps. 106:25). Forbidden by Paul (1 Cor. 10:10).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Murmuring
Of Israelites against Moses
Exo 5:21; Exo 15:24; Exo 16:2-3; Num 16:2-3; Num 16:13-14; Num 16:41; Num 20:2-4
Against God
Exo 5:22-23; Exo 16:8; Exo 16:12; Num 14:26-37; Num 17:10-11; Job 15:11-13; Job 33:12-13; Job 34:37; Psa 37:1; Psa 44:9-26; Psa 73:13-22; Psa 78:17-21; Pro 19:3; Ecc 7:10; Jer 15:10; Lam 3:39; Mal 3:14; Luk 10:40; Rom 9:19-20; 1Co 10:10; Phi 2:14; Jas 5:9; Jud 1:16
Instances of:
– Cain
Gen 4:13-14
– Rachel
Gen 30:1
– Moses
Exo 5:22-23; Num 11:11-15
– Israelites
Exo 5:21; Exo 14:11-12; Exo 15:23-24; Exo 16:2-3; Exo 17:2-3; Num 11:1-10; Num 11:33; Num 14; Num 16:41; Num 20:2-5; Num 21:5-6; Deu 1:27-28; Psa 106:24-26
– Korah
Num 16:8-11
– Job
Job 3; Job 6; Job 9; Job 13; Job 19; Job 23; Job 30
David
2Sa 6:8; Psa 116:10-11
– Asaph
Psa 73:3
– Elijah
1Ki 19:4; 1Ki 19:10
– Solomon
Ecc 2:17-18
– Hezekiah
Isa 38:10-18
– Jeremiah
Jer 20:14-18; Lam 3
Jonah
Jon 4:1-11
– Jews, against Jesus
Joh 6:41-43; Joh 6:52 Doubt; Envy; Ingratitude; Contentment; Resignation