★    1030 引用經文→希伯來書12:1

1 我們既有這許多的見證人、如同雲彩圍著我們、就當放下各樣的重擔、脫去容易纏累我們的罪、存心忍耐、奔那擺在我們前頭的路程、 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

★since(之後)：解

ad. (副詞 adverb)(常用於現在完成式或過去完成式)

1.     此後;從那時到現在

She left school three years ago and has worked as a nurse ever since.

她三年前畢業,從那時起便一直當護士。

2.     之前,以前

prep. (介係詞 preposition)

1.     (常用於現在完成式或過去完成式)自...以來,從...至今

I haven't heard from him since last year.

我自去年以來未曾收到過他的信。

conj. (連接詞 conjunction)

1.     (常用於現在完成式或過去完成式)自...以來,從...至今

It's been ten years since they married.

他們結婚到現在已經十年了。

She has been living a hard life since her husband died.

自從丈夫死後,她一直過著艱苦的生活。

2.     既然;因為,由於

He must have taken the book since it isn't here.

他一定是把書拿走了,因為書已不在這裡了。

Since it is so hot, let's go swimming.

既然天氣這麼熱,我們去游泳吧。

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經文→Viewing References Part 1 [1-10 in 70 refs]:

Ge 30:30

For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

Ge 44:28

And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

Ge 46:30

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

Exo 4:10

And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Exo 5:23

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

Exo 9:18

Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

Exo 9:24

So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

Exo 10:6

And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

Num 22:30

And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

Deu 4:32

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

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