Dictionary entry

Hard Sayings; Hard Sentences

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sa'-ingz;, sen'-ten-siz: InDa 5:12the King James Version (Aramaic 'aqiahan), the Revised Version (British and American) "dark sentences," of enigmatic utterances which preternatural wisdom was needed to interpret; inJoh 6:60(skleros.... ho logos), of sayings (Christ's words at Capernaum about eating His flesh and drinking His blood) difficult for the natural mind to understand (compare 6:52).