17. AMEN: ITS DIFFERENT MEANINGS

Affirmation. So it is. "Verily,* Verily" (Jhn 6:47).

Supplication. So let it be. "Truth,* Lord" (Mat 15:27).

Expectation. Let it be. "Surely,* I come" (Rev 22:20).

Confidence. It shall be. "Verily,* Verily" (Jhn 5:24).

Necessity. It must be. "Verily,* I say" (Jhn 3:3).

Certainty. It is. "Promises in Him, Amen"* (2Cr 1:20).

Acquiescence. Let it be. "Even* so, Father" (Mat 11:26).


* Same word in Greek.

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