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Spitting, Spittle SPITTING, SPITTLE (, , ).References to spitting occur in the NT in the Gospels only, and there always in connexion with Christ. 1. Spitting was a common mark of derision and contempt. Christ foretold it among the insults which He as Messiah would endure (Mar 10:34, Luk 18:32); and during His Passion He … Continue reading “Spitting, Spittle”

Spitting was a ceremony introduced into baptism in the early Church. The candidate was required not only to renounce the devil in word, but also by act and gesture. The catechumen was brought into the baptistery and placed with his face to the west; a form of words was used by which he renounced the … Continue reading “Spitting”

Spitta, Karl Johann Philipp a German theologian and poet, was born Aug. 1, 1801, at Hanover. He was of Huguenot stock, which had emigrated during the persecutions under Louis XIV. His early years held out no promise of future eminence for him, as he seemed dull, and was, moreover, afflicted with scrofulous disease, which interrupted … Continue reading “Spitta, Karl Johann Philipp”

Spitefully (entreat) used transitively, denotes “to outrage, treat insolently;” “to entreat shamefully” in Mat 22:6, RV (AV, “spitefully”); so in Luk 18:32, RV; in Act 14:5 (AV, “use despitefully”); in 1Th 2:2, AV and RV; in Luk 11:45, “reproachest.” See DESPITEFULLY, ENTREAT, REPROACH, SHAMEFULLY. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Spital Sermons a title of two sermons annually preached on Easter Monday and Tuesday before the lord mayor and sheriffs at Christ Church, Newgate Street, London. The sermon on the former of the two days is preached by a bishop; that on the latter by the chaplain to the lord mayor, or some other clergyman … Continue reading “Spital Sermons”

Spital a hospital, usually a place of refuge for lepers. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

SPIT UPON, ALLUSIONS TO MEN WHO WERE Job 30:10; Isa 50:6; Mat 26:67; Mat 27:30 –SEE Contempt, CONTEMPT Derision, DERISIONMocking, MOCKING Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Spit, Spittle spit, spit’l (, yarak, , rok; (), (em)ptuo): Spitting in a person’s face indicated gross contempt (Num 12:14; Deu 25:9; Job 30:10; Isa 50:6; Mat 26:67; Mat 27:30, etc.); when performed by an unclean person it produced defilement (Lev 15:8) which necessitated washing the clothes and a bath. When David allowed his spittle … Continue reading “Spit, Spittle”

Spit “to spit,” occurs in Mar 7:33; Mar 8:23; Joh 9:6. In the Sept., Num 12:14. “to spit upon” (en, “in,” and No. 1), occurs in Mat 26:67; Mat 27:30; Mar 10:34; Mar 14:65; Mar 15:19; Luk 18:32. In the Sept., Num 12:14, in some texts; Deu 25:9. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Spiritus rector Literally in Latin, the ruling or master spirit, some sort of subtle natural force in corporeal beings. The alchemists applied the expression to some substance, or distilled product, said to be capable of transmuting metals into gold, and also to an elixir which was supposed to prolong life indefinitely. — J.J.R. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Spiritus rector”