Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

on the part of

English answer:

on behalf of

Added to glossary by Ana Juliá
Mar 3, 2009 14:45
15 yrs ago
English term

on the part of

English Art/Literary Religion Genesis
A blood sacrifice alone can please God. Just as God covered Adam and Eve with skins (Genesis 3:21) and made the first animal sacrifice ***on the part of*** Adam and Eve, so he only accepts an offering of the flock from Abel and refuses the offering of the fruit of the ground. Hebrews 9:22 is an abiding principle, ‘Without shedding of blood is no remission’.

In their name? In their favor? What is the sense here?
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Mar 3, 2009 14:45: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

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on behalf of

He did it on their behalf. They couldn't or didn't do it (for whatever reason), so he did it instead.
Peer comment(s):

agree Tina Vonhof (X)
7 mins
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agree Jack Doughty
20 mins
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agree Edith Kelly
33 mins
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agree Robert Kleemaier : yup
36 mins
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agree Adsion Liu
4 hrs
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agree Patricia Townshend (X)
5 hrs
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agree conejo
13 hrs
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on behalf of Adam and Eve

God did this for Adam and Eve (on their behalf)
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