Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Matthew: Chapter 13]
and vividly told thus, "He has gone off and sold." The present
perfect indicative, the dramatic perfect of vivid picture. Then
he bought it. Present perfect, imperfect, aorist tenses together
for lively action. \Empor•i\ is a merchant, one who goes in and
out, travels like a drummer.
13:47 {A net} (\sag•n•i\). Drag-net. Latin, _sagena_, English,
seine. The ends were stretched out and drawn together. Only
example of the word in the N.T. Just as the field is the world,
so the drag-net catches all the fish that are in the sea. The
separation comes afterwards. Vincent pertinently quotes Homer's
_Odyssey_ (xxii. 384-389) where the slain suitors in the halls of
Ulysses are likened to fishes on the shore caught by nets with
myriad meshes.
13:48 {Vessels} (\agg•\). Here only in the N.T. In Mt 25:4 we
have \aggeia\.
13:52 {Made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven} (\matheteutheis
t•i basilei•i t•n ouran•n\). First aorist passive participle. The
verb is transitive in 28:19. Here a scribe is made a learner to
the kingdom. "The mere scribe, Rabbinical in spirit, produces
only the old and stale. The disciple of the kingdom like the
Master, is always fresh-minded, yet knows how to value all old
spiritual treasures of Holy Writ, or Christian tradition"
(Bruce). So he uses things fresh (\kaina\) and ancient
(\palaia\). "He hurls forth" (\ekballei\) both sorts.
13:54 {Is not this the carpenter's son?} (\ouch houtos estin ho
tou tekt•nos huios?\). The well-known, the leading, or even for a
time the only carpenter in Nazareth till Jesus took the place of
Joseph as the carpenter. What the people of Nazareth could not
comprehend was how one with the origin and environment of Jesus
here in Nazareth could possess the wisdom which he appeared to
have in his teaching (\edidasken\). That has often puzzled people
how a boy whom they knew could become the man he apparently is
after leaving them. They knew Joseph, Mary, the brothers (four of
them named) and sisters (names not given). Jesus passed here as
the son of Joseph and these were younger brothers and sisters
(half brothers and sisters technically).
13:57 {And they were offended in him} (\kai eskandalizonto en
aut•i\). Graphic imperfect passive. Literally, "They stumbled at
him," "They were repelled by him" (Moffatt), "They turned against
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