Token

"a sign, token or indication," is translated "token" in 2Th 3:17, of writing of the closing salutations, the Apostle using the pen himself instead of his amanuensis, his autograph attesting the authenticity of his Epistles. See MIRACLE, SIGN.

"a fixed sign or signal, agreed upon with others" (sun, "with"), is used in Mar 14:44, "a token." In the Sept., Jdg 20:38, Jdg 20:40, Isa 5:26, Isa 49:22, Isa 62:10.

"a plain token, a proof" (akin to endeiknumi, "to point out, prove") is used in 2Th 1:5 "a manifest token," said of the patient endurance and faith of the persecuted saints at Thessalonica, affording proof to themselves of their new life, and a guarantee of the vindication by God of both Himself and them (see No. 4, Note).

"a pointing out, showing forth," is rendered "evident token" in Phi 1:28. See DECLARE, B, PROOF. Cp. apodeixis, 1Co 2:4.

Note: No. 4 refers to the act or process of proving, No. 3 to the thing proved. While the two passges, Phi 1:28 and 2Th 1:5, contain similar ideas, endeigma indicates the "token" as acknowledged by those referred to; endeixis points more especially to the inherent veracity of the "token."