Sentence of death [α π ο κ ρ ι μ α τ ο υ θ α ν α τ ο υ]. Apokrima, occurs only here in the New Testament, and not in classical Greek nor in the Septuagint. In the latter the kindred words have, almost uniformly, the meaning of answer. Josephus used it of a response of the Roman senate. Sentence, which occurs in some inscriptions, if a legitimate rendering at all, is a roundabout one, derived from a classical use of the verb ajpokrinw to reject on inquiry, decide. Rev., therefore, correctly, answer of death. The sense is well given by Stanley : "When I have asked myself what would be the issue of this struggle, the answer has been, 'death." ' Doth deliver [ρ υ ε τ α ι]. The correct reading is rJusetai will deliver, Rev.

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Old Testament