(not to the Holy Spirit). But the NIV’s “deeply moved” may not be the best reading of the Greek verb embrimaomai.15 In classical Greek this word describes the snort of a horse (in war or in a race). For humans it describes outrage, fury, or anger. This nuance appears in its Synoptic uses (Matt. 9:30; Mark 1:43; 14:5) and undoubtedly must be applied here.16 Beasley-Murray cites Schnackenburg: The word “indicates an outburst of anger, and any attempt to reinterpret it in terms of an internal emotional
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