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KNEELING

A position of humility, surrender, respect, and adoration. Bowing the knee was an expression of honor and submission to royalty and various governmental and religious authorities (Gen. 41:43). Kneeling was also a posture of giving birth (1 Sam. 4:19), and it symbolized the legal acceptance of a child (Gen. 30:3).

Most importantly, kneeling was an act, along with bowing (Ps. 95:6), that signified a reverential attitude during prayer and worship, including the worship of Baal as well as God (1 Kgs. 19:18; Rom. 11:4). Both Jesus and his followers knelt while they prayed (Luke 22:41; Acts 9:40; 20:36). When Stephen was martyred, he knelt and prayed for those who stoned him (Acts 7:60). Finally, at the second coming of Christ his lordship will be recognized when at the name of Jesus every knee will bow (Phil. 2:10).

J. Gregory Lawson






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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