New American Standard Bible 1995

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"And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
"And He ordered to transmit a message, to order V-AIA-3S H3853 παρήγγειλεν parēngeilen
us to preach to be a herald, proclaim V-ANA H2784 κηρύξαι kēruxai
to the people, the people N-DMS H2992 λαῷ laō
and solemnly to testify to affirm solemnly V-ANM H1263 διαμαρτύρασθαι diamarturasthai
that this this DPro-NMS H3778 οὗτος outos
is the One who has been appointed to mark off by boundaries, to determine V-RPM/P-NMS H3724 ὡρισμένος ōrismenos
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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by God God, a god N-GMS H2316 θεοῦ theou
as Judge a judge N-NMS H2923 κριτὴς kritēs
of the living to live V-PPA-GMP H2198 ζώντων zōntōn
and the dead. dead Adj-GMP H3498 νεκρῶν nekrōn

Parallel Verses

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.
King James Bible "And He ordered And he commanded us to preach to unto the people, and solemnly to testify that this it is he which was ordained of God to be the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living quick and the dead.
Berean Bible "And And He ordered instructed us to preach proclaim to the people, people and solemnly to testify fully that this He is the One who has having been appointed by God as Judge judge of the living and the dead.
Hebrew Greek English "And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.