Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock.
Paul wrote: “For it seems to me that God has put us the apostles last on exhibition as men appointed to death, because we have become a theatrical spectacle [theʹa·tron] to the world, and to angels, and to men.”
This television spectacle was made possible by an unprecedented high-technology organization —a TV production center serving 147 networks representing 118 nations, with 180 television cameras, 38 production units, and 1,500 technicians.
WE ARE totally unprepared for the amazing spectacle we see as we approach the town of Kalabáka and the nearby village of Kastráki on the plain of Thessaly, Greece.
Even though the events were called ludi gladiatorii, gladiator games, such encounters were tragic spectacles that often ended with the death of one of the contestants.”
When a leper came to him seeking a cure, Jesus did not dismiss the man as unclean and unworthy, nor did he make a spectacle by calling attention to himself.
Another, having gone outside to see the spectacle, said: “The wind increased, and we had scarcely reached the house when it began, as we thought, to rain heavily.
Usually affecting those passing middle age, this condition is known as presbyopia, “old sight,” requiring convex segments in the spectacle to correct the weakness.
Commenting on these doctrinal differences within the Catholic Church, the French monthly magazine Le spectacle du monde wrote: “The Vatican stated that the Netherlands are not an isolated case in this respect.”