It cannot be [ο υ κ ε ν δ ε χ ε τ α ι]. The verb means to accept or admit; so that the sense is, "it is not admissable that." The expression is ironical and hyperbolical, with reference to Jerusalem as having a monopoly of such martyrdoms. "It would be contrary to use and wont, and, in a manner, to theocratic decorum, if such a prophet as I should perish elsewhere than in Jerusalem" (Godet).

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