Manifestation

MANIFEST; MANIFESTATION [ISBE]

MANIFEST; MANIFESTATION - man'-i-fest, man-i-fes-ta'-shun (phaneroo, phaneros): "To manifest" is generally the translation of phaneroo, "to make apparent" (Mk 4:22; Jn 17:6; Rom 3:21; 1 Tim 3:16, "God was manifest in the flesh," the Revised Version (British and American) "manifested"; 1 Jn 1:2 twice, etc.); also of phaneros, "manifest" (Acts 4:16; Rom 1:19; 1 Cor 3:13; 1 Jn 3:10, etc.); "to make manifest" (phaneroo) (Jn 1:31; Rom 16:26); of emphanizo, "to make fully manifest" (Jn 14:21 f); of emphanes, "fully manifest" (Rom 10:20); of delos, "evident," translated "manifest" (1 Cor 15:27, the Revised Version (British and American) "evident"); of ekdelos, "very evident" (2 Tim 3:9, the Revised Version (British and American) "evident"); of prodelos, "evident beforehand" (1 Tim 5:25, the Revised Version (British and American) "evident"); of aphanes, is "not manifest" (Heb 4:13, "There is no creature that is not manifest in his sight"); "manifest," occurs once in the Old Testament as the translation of barar, "to clear," "to purify" (Eccl 3:18, the Revised Version (British and American) "prove"); of phaneros (2 Macc 3:28, the Revised Version (British and American) "manifestly").

Manifestation is the translation of apokalupsis, "uncovering" (Rom 8:19, "the manifestation of the sons of God," the Revised Version (British and American) "revealing"); of phanerosis, "manifestation" (1 Cor 12:7; 2 Cor 4:2).

The Revised Version (British and American) has "manifest" for "shew" (Jn 7:4); "was manifested" for "appeared" (Mk 16:12,14); "was manifested to the," for "shewed himself to his" (Jn 21:14); "be made manifest" for "appear" (2 Cor 5:10; 7:12; Rev 3:18); "became manifest" for "was made known" (Acts 7:13); "gave him to be made manifest" for "shewed him openly" (Acts 10:40); "He who was manifested" for "God was manifest" (1 Tim 3:16) (margin "The word "God," in place of "He who," rests on no sufficient ancient evidence. Some ancient authorities read which"); "is not yet made manifest" for "doth not yet appear" (1 Jn 3:2); "by the manifestation" for "with the brightness" (2 Thess 2:8) "be manifested" for "appear" (Col 3:4 twice; 1 Pet 5:4); "if he shall be manifested" for "when he shall appear" (1 Jn 2:28; 3:2), etc.

W. L. Walker