- SADOC just, mentioned in the genealogy of our Lord (Matthew 1:14).
- SAFFRON Hebrews karkom, Arab. zafran (i.e., “yellow”), mentioned
only in Cant. 4:13, 14; the Crocus sativus. Many species of the crocus are
found in Palestine. The pistils and stigmata, from the centre of its flowers,
are pressed into “saffron cakes,” common in the East. “We found,” says
Tristram, “saffron a very useful condiment in travelling cookery, a very
small pinch of it giving not only a rich yellow colour but an agreable
flavour to a dish of rice or to an insipid stew.” - SAINT one separated from the world and consecrated to God; one holy
by profession and by covenant; a believer in Christ (Psalm 16:3; Romans
1:7; 8:27; Phil. 1:1; Hebrews 6:10).
The “saints” spoken of in Jude 1:14 are probably not the disciples of
Christ, but the “innumerable company of angels” (Hebrews 12:22; Psalm
68:17), with reference to Deuteronomy 33:2.
This word is also used of the holy dead (Matthew 27:52; Revelation
18:24). It was not used as a distinctive title of the apostles and evangelists
and of a “spiritual nobility” till the fourth century. In that sense it is not a
scriptural title.