Reference: Scripture
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Or SCRIPTURES, the writings, that is, by eminence; the inspired writings, comprising the Old and New Testaments. See BIBLE.
Easton
invariably in the New Testament denotes that definite collection of sacred books, regarded as given by inspiration of God, which we usually call the Old Testament (2Ti 3:15-16; Joh 20:9; Ga 3:22; 2Pe 1:20). It was God's purpose thus to perpetuate his revealed will. From time to time he raised up men to commit to writing in an infallible record the revelation he gave. The "Scripture," or collection of sacred writings, was thus enlarged from time to time as God saw necessary. We have now a completed "Scripture," consisting of the Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament canon in the time of our Lord was precisely the same as that which we now possess under that name. He placed the seal of his own authority on this collection of writings, as all equally given by inspiration (Mt 5:17; 7:12; 22:40; Lu 16:29,31). (See Bible; Canon.)
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Think not that I am come to undo the law or the prophets; I am not come to undo, but to fulfil.
Therefore, all things whatsoever ye desire that men should do unto you, so also shall ye do unto them, for this is the law and the prophets.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
And he said unto him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, even though one rose from the dead.
For as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
But the scripture has concluded all under sin that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to the believers.
and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto saving health by the faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
Hastings
1. The word 'Scripture' (Lat. scriptura, 'a writing,' 'something written') is used for the Bible as a whole, more often in the plural form 'Scriptures,' and also more properly for a passage of the Bible. It appears as tr of the Greek graph
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And in the year eighteen of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
as it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
And have ye not read this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected is placed as the head of the corner;
(which he had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures)
And David says, Let their table be turned into a snare and a net and a stumblingblock and a recompense unto them;
But the scripture has concluded all under sin that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to the believers.
And of the angels he said, Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire.
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit saith, Today if ye will hear his voice,
while it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
And have as saving health the patience of our Lord, even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him has written unto you in almost all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, among which are some things that are hard to understand, which those that are ignorant and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Morish
This word occurs but once in the Old Testament, where an angel speaks of 'the scripture of truth.' Da 10:21. In the New Testament the various parts of the Old Testament are referred to as 'the scriptures'; they are the 'holy scriptures,' 2Ti 3:15; they must needs be fulfilled; they cannot be broken. Joh 10:35; Ac 17:2,11. Some erred because they did not know the scriptures. Mt 22:29. And 'all scripture' is God-inspired, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect, or complete, fully fitted to every good work. 2Ti 3:16-17. It is in short a God-inspired and infallible revelation to man, and especially to those who are by grace in relationship with Him. As in a nation 'the records' are referred to as authority, so in the church, it is 'the scriptures' that bind the conscience, and should be an end of all controversy. To understand them the teaching of the Holy Spirit is needed, for "the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life."
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But I will interpret unto thee that which is written in the scripture of truth: and there is no one that holds with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Then Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.
If he called them gods unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all diligence and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto saving health by the faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, read more. that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Smith
Scripture.
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Watsons
SCRIPTURE, a term most commonly used to denote the writings of the Old and New Testament, which are sometimes called The Scriptures, sometimes the sacred or holy writings, and sometimes canonical scripture. See BIBLE.