WILL . ‘Will’ and ‘ would ’ are often independent verbs in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , and being now merely auxiliaries, their force is liable to be missed by the English reader. Thus Matthew 11:14 ‘if ye will receive it’ (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘if ye are willing to receive it’); John 1:43 ‘Jesus would go forth into Galilee’ (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘was minded to go forth’).
WILL . See Paul, p. 692 a; Testament.
Complete and trustworthy, Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible is a thorough reference (5,915 entries) for all readers of the Bible. For nearly a century, lay people and scholars alike have valued the authoritative contents and the convenient format of this one-volume work.Wikipedia
Read More