Vincent Word Studies - 2 Corinthians 1:23

Vincent Word Studies - 2 Corinthians 1:23 - 1:23

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I call God for a record (τὸν Θεὸν ἐπικαλοῦμαι)

Rev., better, witness. A common classical idiom. Compare Plato: “Next will follow the choir of young men under the age of thirty, who will call upon the god Paean to testify to the truth of these words” (“Laws,” 664). Homer: “For the gods will be the best witnesses” (“Iliad,” xxii., 254). Compare Rom 1:9; Gal 1:20; Phi 1:8; 1Th 2:5, 1Th 2:10; Gen 31:50, Sept. This particular form of expression occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. The verb is often translated appeal, as Act 25:11, Act 25:12. Also to call upon, in the sense of supplication, Rom 10:12, Rom 10:13, Rom 10:14; 1Co 1:2.