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Other (ἑτέροις)
And various.
Did he testify (διεμαρτύρετο)
The preposition διά gives the force of solemnly, earnestly.
Save yourselves (σώθητε)
More strictly, be ye saved.
Untoward (σκολιᾶς)
Lit., crooked. Toward in earlier English meant docile, apt. The opposite is froward (froward). So Shakespeare:
“'Tis a good hearing when children are toward,
But a harsh hearing when women are froward.”
Taming of the Shrew, v., 2.
“Spoken like a toward prince.”
3 Henry VI., ii., 2.
Untoward, therefore, meant intractable, perverse. So Shakespeare:
“What means this scorn, thou most untoward knave ?”
K. John, i, 1.
“And if she be froward,
Then hast thou taught Hortensio to be untoward.”
Taming of the Shrew, iv., 5.
Compare Deu 32:5.