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EXEGESIS, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, explicatio, explication or Exposition: derived from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, [exegoumai] explico, to explain or expound.
Exegesis is a figure very usual in Scripture, when those things which were first spoken more darkly, are afterwards in the same sentence mani∣festly explained: or,
When a thing spoken in one member of a sentence, is by way of explication and confir∣mation repeated in the latter part of it.
Time at one instant seeming both short and long, short in the pleasingnesse in calling to minde, long in the stay of his desires.
Rom. 11.7, 8. God hath given them the spi∣rit of slumber: what's that? Eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear.
Isa. 51, 1, 2. Look unto the Rock, whence ye are hewen: look unto Abraham your father, &c.
Rom. 7.18. For I know, that in me, that is to say, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing.
Isa. 1, 2, 3. The latter part of the third verse expounds the second verse, &c.
Isa. 1.22, 23. Thy silver is become dross: thy wine is mixt with water: (i. e.) Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeves, &c.
Prov. 3.3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck, write them up∣on the table of thine heart.
The like in Psal. 17.1.10.1.6, 8, 9.35.1.23.18.2, 3. Zech. 6.12, 13. 2 King. 20.3. Prov. 30.3. Deut. 7.3. 2 Tim. 1, 2, 3, &c. Jonah 2, 3, 4, 6. 1 Cor. 5.9. 2 Tim. 4.6.