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Civil Government: God’s Design for Peace and Justice (Endnotes)

1. John W. Schoenheit, The Christian’s Hope: The Anchor of the Soul (Christian Educational Services, Indianapolis, IN 46205, 2001). pp. 247-255, Appendix G, “Does the Lord Judge Now or at the Judgment?” See also, Graeser, Lynn, and Schoenheit, Don’t Blame God! (Christian Educational Services, Indianapolis, IN 46205, 1994), pp. 95-106. Close

2. John W. Schoenheit, The Death Penalty: Godly or Ungodly (Christian Educational Services, Indianapolis, IN 46205, 2000), pp. 7-10. Close

3. Romans 13:1 says that each person should voluntarily subject himself to the governing authorities. Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament (AMG Publishers, Chattanooga, TN 1992), pp. 1427, 1428. Close

4. Joseph H. Thayer, Thayer’s Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament (Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, MA. Reprinted, 2000). p. 640. Close

5. In Romans 13:1, hupo is governed by the genitive case and means the place from which something comes, a loosing or freeing from under something, through, from, or by. Zodhiates, op. cit.,. The Complete Word Study Dictionary, p. 1419. Close

6. Zodhiates, op. cit., The Complete Word Study Dictionary, p. 1419. Thayer has, “to place in a certain order, to arrange, to assign a place, to appoint. Thayer, op. cit. Greek-English Lexicon, p. 615. Close

7. W.E. Vine, Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary (Thomas Nelson, Nashville, TN 1996), “Tribute.” Close

8. E. W. Bullinger, A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament (Bullinger Page 820, 1982 Printing). Close

9. Zodhiates lists quite a few, among them: 1) end; 2) result; 3) figuratively for the final purpose or sum total; 4) goal; 5) figuratively for a tax, toll, or custom, “particularly what is paid for public purposes for the maintenance of the state. Close