too cold a word, as though his Lord were keeping him at a distance, or at
least not inviting him to draw near, as in the passionate yearning of his
heart he desired now to do. Therefore he puts by the word and substitutes
his own stronger ‘I love’ (Gr. philo) in its room. A second time he does the
same. And now he has conquered; for when the Lord demands a third time
whether he loves him, he does it in the word which alone will satisfy Peter
(‘Lovest thou,’ Gr. phileis), which alone claims from him that personal
attachment and affection with which indeed he knows that his heart is
full.”
In 1 Corinthians 13 the apostle sets forth the excellency of love, as the
word “charity” there is rendered in the Revised Version.
- LUBIMS the inhabitants of a thirsty or scorched land; the Lybians, an
African nation under tribute to Egypt (2 Chronicles 12:3; 16:8). Their
territory was apparently near Egypt. They were probably the Mizraite
Lehabim. - LUCAS a friend and companion of Paul during his imprisonment at
Rome; Luke (q.v.), the beloved physician (Philemon 1:24; Colossians
4:14). - LUCIFER brilliant star, a title given to the king of Babylon (Isaiah 14:12)
to denote his glory. - LUCIUS of Cyrene, a Christian teacher at Antioch (Acts 13:1), and
Paul’s kinsman (Romans 16:21). His name is Latin, but his birthplace
seems to indicate that he was one of the Jews of Cyrene, in North Africa. - LUCRE from the Lat. lucrum, “gain.” 1 Timothy 3:3, “not given to filthy
lucre.” Some MSS. have not the word so rendered, and the expression has
been omitted in the Revised Version. - LUD (1.) The fourth son of Shem (Genesis 10:22; 1 Chronicles 1:17),
ancestor of the Lydians probably.
(2.) One of the Hamitic tribes descended from Mizraim (Genesis 10:13), a
people of Africa (Ezekiel 27:10; 30:5), on the west of Egypt. The people
called Lud were noted archers (Isaiah 66:19; comp. Jeremiah 46:9).