THE PECULIARITIES OF THE REBELLION. There are features in this rebellion that we must notice for they will indicate the progress of the rebellion. They are to be found in three words used to describe the rebels and their rebellion. 1. Rage. The word is unique in the Old Testament, this being the only place it occurs. But Peter quotes this verse in the New Testament and the word he uses under inspiration gives us its meaning. In Acts 4:25 he uses a Greek for rage that carries the meaning of warhorses impatiently prancing and stamping their hooves. It is akin to the word gnash in Acts 7:24. 2. Imagine. This word has a great breadth of meaning. Meditate -- Psalm 1:2. Mutter -- Isaiah 59:3. Roaring -- Isaiah 31:4 (unabashed). Thinking gives way to muttering which gives way to roaring out defiance. 3. Saying. While there is no equivalent word in the Hebrew the word is placed in our translation in order to convey the meaning of the original. A proclamation is made. I believe a progression can be seen here. The world has long chafed under God's yoke. Men have long imagined and meditated upon escaping.