By

BY . In the Authorized Version of is generally used for the agent and by for the instrument. Thus Matthew 1:22 ‘that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘by’) the Lord by (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘through’) the prophet.’

In 1 Corinthians 4:4 ‘I know nothing by myself,’ by means contrary to, against , as in Hamilton’s Catechism , 1559 (the Tabil), ‘Jugis quhilk fur lufe of rewardis dols ony thing by the ordour of justice’; also fol. vii., ‘curslt ar thai quhilk gaogis by ye commondis of God.’