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Vengeance (2)

　　VENGEANCE.—The word ‘vengeance’ (ἐκδίκησις occurs also in the phrase ἐκδικέω (also rendered ‘avenge’; cf. (Revised Version margin) of ‘avenge’ for Authorized Version [Note: GT Expositor’s Greek Testanent.] , ad locc. cit.; Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture, ‘Matthew’; Tholuck, Com. on Sermon on the Mount; Goebel, Parables; Sanday-Headlam, Romans; Moule, Romans; Stevens, Teaching of Jesus; Wendt, Teaching of Jesus; Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible