International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Hard Sayings; Hard Sentences

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Hard Sayings; Hard Sentences


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sā´ingẕ, sen´ten-siz: In the King James Version (Aramaic 'ăḥı̄dhān), the Revised Version (British and American) “dark sentences,” of enigmatic utterances which preternatural wisdom was needed to interpret; in (σκληρός...ὁ λόγος, sklērós...ho lógos), of sayings (Christ's words at Capernaum about eating His flesh and drinking His blood) difficult for the natural mind to understand (compare ).