Reference: Amen
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Strictly an adjective, signifying firm, and by a metaphor, faithful. So in Re 3:14, our Lord is called "the Amen, the faithful and true Witness," where the last words explain the preceding appellation. In its adverbial use it means certainly, truly, surely. It is used at the beginning of a sentence by way of emphasis, frequently by our Savior, and is there commonly translated Verily. In John's gospel alone, it is often used by him in this way double, Verily, verily. At the end of a sentence it is often used, singly or repeated, especially at the end of hymns and prayers; as "Amen and Amen," Ps 41:13; 72:19; 89:52. The proper signification of it here is, to confirm the words which have preceded, assert the sincerity and invoke the fulfilment of them: so it is, so be it, let it be done. Hence, in oaths, after the priest has repeated the words of the covenant or imprecation, all those who pronounce the Amen, bind themselves by the oath, Nu 5:22; De 27:15; Ne 5:13; 8:6; 1Ch 16:36. Compare Ps 106:48.
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May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing [your] belly to swell and [your] thigh to shrivel.' "And the woman must reply, 'Amen, Amen.'
'Cursed is the person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets [it] up in secret.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen!'
I also shook the folds of my robe and said, "May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn't keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!" The whole assembly said, "Amen," and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and with their hands uplifted all the people said, "Amen, Amen!" Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen.
May His glorious name be praised forever; the whole earth is filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah! BOOK V (Psalms 107-150)
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God's creation says:
Easton
This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Re 3:14). In Isa 65:16, the Authorized Version has "the God of truth," which in Hebrew is "the God of Amen." It is frequently used by our Saviour to give emphasis to his words, where it is translated "verily." Sometimes, only, however, in John's Gospel, it is repeated, "Verily, verily." It is used as an epithet of the Lord Jesus Christ (Re 3:14).
It is found singly and sometimes doubly at the end of prayers (Ps 41:13; 72:19; 89:52), to confirm the words and invoke the fulfilment of them. It is used in token of being bound by an oath (Nu 5:22; De 27:15-26; Ne 5:13; 8:6; 1Ch 16:36). In the primitive churches it was common for the general audience to say "Amen" at the close of the prayer (1Co 14:16).
The promises of God are Amen; i.e., they are all true and sure (2Co 1:20).
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May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing [your] belly to swell and [your] thigh to shrivel.' "And the woman must reply, 'Amen, Amen.'
'Cursed is the person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets [it] up in secret.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' read more. 'Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who leads a blind person astray on the road.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who denies justice to a foreign resident, a fatherless child, or a widow.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has violated his father's marriage bed.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who has sexual intercourse with any animal.' And all the people will say 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his sister, whether his father's daughter or his mother's daughter.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his mother-in-law.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in secret.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
I also shook the folds of my robe and said, "May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn't keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!" The whole assembly said, "Amen," and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and with their hands uplifted all the people said, "Amen, Amen!" Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen.
May His glorious name be praised forever; the whole earth is filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
Whoever is blessed in the land will be blessed by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will the uninformed person say "Amen" at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?
For every one of God's promises is "Yes" in Him. Therefore the "Amen" is also through Him for God's glory through us.
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God's creation says:
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God's creation says:
Fausets
("firm", "faithful", else "verily".) Jesus is "the Amen, the, faithful and true witness" (Re 3:14). Compare 2Co 1:20; Joh 1:14,17; 14:6. "The God of Amen" (Hebrew for "truth") (Isa 65:16). Jesus alone introduces His authoritative declarations with Amen in the beginning; in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, singly, in John (Joh 3:3,5,11; 10:1) always doubled. It is most marked how the apostles and others avoid the use of it in the beginning, which is His divine prerogative. Jer 28:6 is not an exception; it is praying for the divine ratification of what preceded. In oaths those who pronounce the "Amen" bind themselves by the oath (Nu 5:22; De 27:15-26).
God alone can seal all His declarations of promise or threat with the "Amen," verily, in its fullest sense; our assertions mostly need some qualification. As John records Christ's discourses on the deeper things of God, which man is slow to believe, the double Amen is appropriately found at the beginning of such discourses 25 times. Amen was the proper response to a prayer, an oath, or a solemn promise (1Ki 1:30; Ne 5:13; 8:6; 1Ch 16:36; Jer 11:5); the God of Amen witnesses our covenants. Jewish tradition states that the people responded to the priest's prayer not "Amen," but, "Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom for ever." But in synagogues, as in the Christian assemblies, and in family and private prayers, Amen was the response (Mt 6:13; 1Co 14:16).
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May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing [your] belly to swell and [your] thigh to shrivel.' "And the woman must reply, 'Amen, Amen.'
May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing [your] belly to swell and [your] thigh to shrivel.' "And the woman must reply, 'Amen, Amen.'
'Cursed is the person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets [it] up in secret.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets [it] up in secret.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who leads a blind person astray on the road.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who leads a blind person astray on the road.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who denies justice to a foreign resident, a fatherless child, or a widow.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who denies justice to a foreign resident, a fatherless child, or a widow.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has violated his father's marriage bed.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has violated his father's marriage bed.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who has sexual intercourse with any animal.' And all the people will say 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who has sexual intercourse with any animal.' And all the people will say 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his sister, whether his father's daughter or his mother's daughter.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his sister, whether his father's daughter or his mother's daughter.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his mother-in-law.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his mother-in-law.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in secret.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in secret.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne in my place, that is exactly what I will do this very day."
just as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne in my place, that is exactly what I will do this very day."
I also shook the folds of my robe and said, "May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn't keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!" The whole assembly said, "Amen," and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
I also shook the folds of my robe and said, "May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn't keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!" The whole assembly said, "Amen," and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and with their hands uplifted all the people said, "Amen, Amen!" Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and with their hands uplifted all the people said, "Amen, Amen!" Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Whoever is blessed in the land will be blessed by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
Whoever is blessed in the land will be blessed by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
in order to establish the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give [them] a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today." I answered, "Amen, Lord."
in order to establish the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give [them] a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today." I answered, "Amen, Lord."
The prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the Lord do so. May the Lord make the words you have prophesied come true and may He restore the articles of the Lord's temple and all the exiles from Babylon to this place!
The prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the Lord do so. May the Lord make the words you have prophesied come true and may He restore the articles of the Lord's temple and all the exiles from Babylon to this place!
And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]
And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]
The Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We observed His glory, the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We observed His glory, the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
for although the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
for although the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Jesus replied, "I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Jesus replied, "I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Jesus answered, "I assure you: Unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered, "I assure you: Unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
"I assure you: We speak what We know and We testify to what We have seen, but you do not accept Our testimony.
"I assure you: We speak what We know and We testify to what We have seen, but you do not accept Our testimony.
"I assure you: Anyone who doesn't enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
"I assure you: Anyone who doesn't enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
For every one of God's promises is "Yes" in Him. Therefore the "Amen" is also through Him for God's glory through us.
For every one of God's promises is "Yes" in Him. Therefore the "Amen" is also through Him for God's glory through us.
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God's creation says:
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God's creation says:
Hastings
A Hebrew form of affirmation usually translated in the Septuagint by an equivalent Greek expression (Nu 5:22; De 27:15 'so be it,' Jer 28:6 (Jer 36:6) 'truly'), but sometimes transliterated (1Ch 16:36) as in English. It is an indication of solemn assent, chiefly in prayer, to the words of another, on the part either of an individual (Nu 5:22) or of an assembly (De 27:15); sometimes reduplicated (Ps 41:13), sometimes accompanied by a rubrical direction (Ps 106:48). From the synagogue it passed into the liturgical use of Christian congregations, and is so referred to in 1Co 14:16
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May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing [your] belly to swell and [your] thigh to shrivel.' "And the woman must reply, 'Amen, Amen.'
May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing [your] belly to swell and [your] thigh to shrivel.' "And the woman must reply, 'Amen, Amen.'
'Cursed is the person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets [it] up in secret.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen!'
'Cursed is the person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets [it] up in secret.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen!'
May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting." Then all the people said, "Amen" and "Praise the Lord."
May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen.
May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah! BOOK V (Psalms 107-150)
The prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the Lord do so. May the Lord make the words you have prophesied come true and may He restore the articles of the Lord's temple and all the exiles from Babylon to this place!
so you must go and read from the scroll-which you wrote at my dictation-the words of the Lord in the hearing of the people at the temple of the Lord on a day of fasting. You must also read them in the hearing of all the Judeans who are coming from their cities.
For I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished.
I assure you: People will be forgiven for all sins and whatever blasphemies they may blaspheme.
He also said, "I assure you: No prophet is accepted in his hometown.
Then He said, "I assure you: You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will the uninformed person say "Amen" at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?
For every one of God's promises is "Yes" in Him. Therefore the "Amen" is also through Him for God's glory through us.
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God's creation says:
Morish
A strong assertion of affirmation and assent. The first time we read of its use was when a woman was supposed to have been unfaithful to her husband and was made to drink the bitter water. The priest pronounced a curse upon her if she had been guilty, and the woman had to answer Amen, Amen. Nu 5:22. So when the priest upon mount Ebal rehearsed the various curses, it was appended to each "And all the people shall say, Amen." De 27:14-26.
When David declared that Solomon should be his successor, Benaiah said "Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too." 1Ki 1:36. So when David brought up the ark, and delivered a psalm of thanksgiving, all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord. 1Ch 16:36: cf. also Ne 5:13; 8:6.
In one instance the exclamation does not signify more than 'may it be.' Hananiah prophesied falsely that within two full years all the vessels of the Lord's house would be returned from Babylon; Jeremiah said "Amen, the Lord do so;" though he knew it was a false prophecy he could well hope that such a thing might be. Jer 28:6.
At the end of each of the first four books of the Psalms Amen is added. Ps 41:13; 72:19; 89:52; 106:48. In these instances it is not another acquiescing in what is said, but the writer adds Amen at the end, signifying 'may it so be,' and three times it is repeated.
The Hebrew word is always translated 'Amen,' except twice in Isa 65:16, where it is rendered 'truth.' "He who blesseth himself in the earth, shall bless himself in the God of 'truth ;' and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by the God of 'truth.' " And in Jer 11:5, where it is translated 'So be it,' God declared that He would perform the oath that He had sworn, and the prophet answered, "So be it, O Lord." A cognate Hebrew word signifies 'to believe:' it is used in Ge 15:6.
In the N.T. it is often added to the ascription of praise and to benedictions, as in Heb 13:21,25. As a response see 1Co 14:16; Re 5:14; 7:12; 22:20. There is another way in which the word is used, as in 2Co 1:20, "Whatever promises of God there are, in him is the yea the confirmation and in him the Amen the verification for glory to God by us." And that Christ is the verification of all the promises is so true that He Himself is called 'the Amen:' " These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God." Re 3:14. As there are responses in heaven, as seen in some of the above texts, so there should be responses on earth in the assemblies of the saints, and not simply a hearing of prayer and praise. It is the word constantly used by the Lord, and translated 'verily.'
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Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing [your] belly to swell and [your] thigh to shrivel.' "And the woman must reply, 'Amen, Amen.'
The Levites will proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite: 'Cursed is the person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets [it] up in secret.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen!' read more. 'Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who leads a blind person astray on the road.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who denies justice to a foreign resident, a fatherless child, or a widow.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has violated his father's marriage bed.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who has sexual intercourse with any animal.' And all the people will say 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his sister, whether his father's daughter or his mother's daughter.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who sleeps with his mother-in-law.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in secret.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
"Amen," Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied to the king. "May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so affirm it.
May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting." Then all the people said, "Amen" and "Praise the Lord."
I also shook the folds of my robe and said, "May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn't keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!" The whole assembly said, "Amen," and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and with their hands uplifted all the people said, "Amen, Amen!" Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen.
May His glorious name be praised forever; the whole earth is filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, "Amen!" Hallelujah! BOOK V (Psalms 107-150)
Whoever is blessed in the land will be blessed by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
in order to establish the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give [them] a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today." I answered, "Amen, Lord."
The prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the Lord do so. May the Lord make the words you have prophesied come true and may He restore the articles of the Lord's temple and all the exiles from Babylon to this place!
Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will the uninformed person say "Amen" at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?
For every one of God's promises is "Yes" in Him. Therefore the "Amen" is also through Him for God's glory through us.
equip you with all that is good to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God's creation says:
saying: Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
He who testifies about these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
Smith
Amen,
literally "true" and used as a substantive, "that which is true," "truth,"
a word used in strong asseverations, fixing, as it were, the stamp of truth upon the assertion which it accompanied, and making it binding as an oath. Comp.
In the synagogues and private houses it was customary for the people or members of the family who were present to say "amen" to the prayers which were offered.
And not only public prayers, but those offered in private, and doxologies, were appropriately concluded with "amen."
Ro 9:5; 11:36; 15:33; 16:27; 2Co 13:14
etc.
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May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing [your] belly to swell and [your] thigh to shrivel.' "And the woman must reply, 'Amen, Amen.'
Whoever is blessed in the land will be blessed by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]
The forefathers are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Messiah, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
The God of peace be with all of you. Amen.
to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ-to Him be the glory forever! Amen.
Watsons
AMEN. ???, in Hebrew, signifies true, faithful, certain. It is used likewise in affirmation; and was often thus employed by our Saviour: "Amen, amen," that is, "Verily, verily." It is also understood as expressing a wish, "Amen! so be it!" or an affirmation, "Amen, yes, I believe it:" Nu 5:22. She shall answer, "Amen! amen!" De 27:15-17,
&c. "All the people shall answer, Amen! amen!" 1Co 14:16. "How shall he who occupieth the place of the unlearned, say, Amen! at thy giving of thanks? seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest." "The promises of God are Amen in Christ;" that is, certain, confirmed, granted, 2Co 1:20. The Hebrews end the five books of Psalms, according to their distribution of them, with "Amen, amen;" which the Septuagint translate, ???????, ???????, and the Latins, Fiat, fiat. The Gospels, &c, are ended with AMEN. The Greek, Latin, and other churches, preserve this word in their prayers, as well as alleluia and hosanna. At the conclusion of the public prayers, the people anciently answered with a loud voice, "Amen!" and Jerom says, that, at Rome, when the people answered, "Amen!" the sound was like a clap of thunder, in similitudinem caelestis tonitrui Amen reboat. [Amen rings again like a peal of thunder.] The Jews assert that the gates of heaven are opened to him who answers, "Amen!" with all his might.
The Jewish doctors give three rules for pronouncing the word:
1. That it be not pronounced too hastily and rapidly, but with a grave and distinct voice. 2. That it be not louder than the tone of him that blesses. 3. That it be expressed in faith, with a certain persuasion that God would bless them, and hear their prayers.
AMEN is a title of our Lord, "The Amen, the true and faithful witness," Re 1:14.
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May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing [your] belly to swell and [your] thigh to shrivel.' "And the woman must reply, 'Amen, Amen.'
'Cursed is the person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets [it] up in secret.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen!' 'Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!' read more. 'Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will the uninformed person say "Amen" at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?
For every one of God's promises is "Yes" in Him. Therefore the "Amen" is also through Him for God's glory through us.
His head and hair were white like wool-white as snow, His eyes like a fiery flame,