"Ordained" ("appointed," TNIV) translates the Greek word tassw, which is used less than ten times in the NT.
It has the meaning of "to assign, to set in place."
Some have tried to argue that the form that we have in Acts 13:48 is perfect middle, τεταγμένοι, but most scholars believe that it is perfect passive and therefore nullifies human agency in this appointment that is seen in the perfect middle choice.
We all know that it is God who appoints who will be saved, but through scripture we can can easy find out who are those who He appointed for this.
It is simple God has hidden the truth from the wise and learned and revealed it to little children. God is going to keep the meek and humble who trust in the Lord.
So you know that the scripture is true that those who put thier trust in the Lord will not be put to shame.
Thanks for that clarification TC.
I found a Thayer's on blueletterbible.com.
Are there any other reputable lexicons available on line that you know of?
I believe the word was supposed to be "disposed to" -- "...as many as were disposed to eternal life believed."
(Can't seem to pull up blueletterbible this morning, though.)
The better "proof" is usually offered by 2nd and 3rd mentions/"witnesses" of the same fact.
This is a little out of topic, and you can ignore it if you want to.
I don't want to derail this excellent topic.
But how do you set your keyboard to type those greek characters ?
in fact, how do you set the keyboard to type any other character than English ?
thanks.
Thanks, but when I try the copy and paste method, I just get English letters, like: "tassw".
Ah! I think I have discovered something. The above happens when I try to copy and paste from my "Online Bible", but when I tried the same sort of thing with e-Sword, it worked: κύριος