FINGER. The Finger of God signifies his power, his operation. Pharaoh’s Magicians Exod. viii. 19.discovered the Finger of God in the miracles which Moses wrought. This Legislator gave the Law written with the Finger Exod. xxxi. 18. Psal. viii. 4. Luke xi. 20.of God, to the Hebrews. The Heavens were the work of God’s Fingers. Jesus Christ says, he casts out Devils with the Finger of God; whereby he intimates that the Kingdom of Heaven is come.
To put forth one’s FINGER, is a bantering gesture. Si abstuleris de medio tui catenam, & desieris extendere digitum. If thou take away from the midst of thee, the chain or yoke wherewith thou overwhelmest thy creditors, and forbear pointing at them, and using jeering and insulting gestures. Some take this for a menacing gesture, as Nicanor stretched out his hand against the Temple, threatning to burn it.