Topic
Godspeed
8 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Isaiah 48:22ISBE
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
- Isaiah 57:21ISBE
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
- 2 Maccabees 1:10ISBE
In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus’ master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were…
- Matthew 26:49ISBE
And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
- Matthew 27:29ISBE
¶ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
- Matthew 28:9ISBE
¶ And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
- John 1:10ISBE
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
- John 1:11ISBE
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
god'-sped (chairo): "Godspeed" occurs only in 2 Joh 1:10,11 the King James Version as the translation of chairein, the infin. of chairo, and is rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) "greeting." It means "rejoice," "be of good cheer," "be it well with thee"; chaire, chairete, chairein, were common forms of greeting, expressive of good-will and desire for the person's prosperity, translated in the Gospels, "Hail!" "All Hail!" (Mt 26:49; 27:29; 28:9, etc.); chairein is the Septuagint for shalom (Isa 48:22; 57:21; compare 2 Macc 1:10). "Godspeed" first appears in Tyndale's version; Wycliffe had "heil!" Rheims "God save you."
In the passage cited Christians are forbidden thus to salute false teachers who might come to them. The injunction does not imply any breach of charity, since it would not be right to wish anyone success in advocating what was believed to be false and harmful. We should be sincere in our greetings; formal courtesy must yield to truth, still courteously, however, and in the spirit of love.
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.