Genitive case the idea of motion from, or out of.  We will endeavour to explain the

meaning of these cases as we come to them in the usage of the preposition.

Notice the way in which the preposition makes all the difference in the following

I am going into the room; I am going out of the room; I am going beside the room;

over the room; round the room, &100:, &.100:

When we come to examine the teaching of the New Testament we shall find that a

thorough grasp of these simple words will be of the utmost importance. We have spoken

of the primary or basic idea, having reference to rest or motion. When the subject of

writing is placed upon a higher plane (the plane of doctrine for example), the simple idea

of "out of," "into," &100:, is enlarged and takes a figurative signification.

One example must suffice; peri, meaning "around," comes to mean "concerning."

The primary idea is always present, and is beautifully felt in such a passage as, "He was

not that light, but was sent to bear witness concerning (peri) that light" (John 1: 8).

John's witness had for its glorious centre "that light"--Christ. His witness revolved

"around" Him, keeping Him ever central. This simple illustration must suffice for the

time, but we hope to be able to show in the usage of each preposition the importance of

remembering the initial idea of the word as set out in this necessarily dry introductory

In our last paper we sought to show the primary, radical idea of the prepositions,

looking at them as a whole. In this paper we commence dealing with them singly. We

shall endeavour "to point out with precision the distinctive primary power of each, from

which all its secondary significations emanate as from a common centre; and to trace to

this (primary meaning) all the various meanings the preposition may have assumed"

(Winer).

Anti.--The primary, local and literal meaning of anti as referring to place is

"opposite," "before," "over against." Figuratively and secondarily it means "as the

equivalent of," "for," "instead of," "correspondency." So in Matt. 5: 38 we read,

"an eye for an eye." The idea of exchange or barter, the giving of one thing for another,

is clearly seen in Heb. 12: 16, where Esau "for (anti) one morsel of meat sold his

birthright." Yet more striking is the usage in Heb. 12: 2, speaking of the Lord Jesus,

"Who for (anti) the joy that was set before Him endured the cross." Here the meaning is

that the joy of resurrection glory was set over against the shame and death of the cross.