Tuesday, December 22, 2009

wait it out


Apekdechomai (Phil. 3:20) "eagerly wait for Jesus"...compare our English expression "wait it out"...three words put together:“to receive,” (dechomai) as a welcoming reception for a friend; the word “off,” (apo) the withdrawal of one’s attention from other objects, and the word “out,” (ek) to intensify the already existing meaning of the word.