human
(Luke 21. 24). The phrase,
gpt
in the New Testament; one is _chronoi_, which is invariably rendered
human
the other is _kairoi_, which, when the two are found together, is rendered
gpt
Thus Paul, in writing to the Thessalonian Church, says,
human
But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you (1 Thess. 5. 1, R.V.; cp. Acts 1.7). We may distinguish
gpt
from
human
in the following way:
gpt
denotes mere duration, lengths of time;
human
implies that these lengths of time have certain events or circumstances associated with them by which they are characterised. Thus the words almost exactly correspond to the terms
gpt
and
human
Now the word _kairoi_,
gpt
is used in the phrase translated
human
which might accordingly be rendered
gpt
We look, then, for some special characteristic of the period or periods thus designated. We have observed that Nebuchadnezzar's overthrow of the kingdom of Judah involved the transference of its sovereignty from Jew to Gentile from that event onward.
human
The times of the Gentiles,