Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 8].
gender of \pneuma\ is neuter as here, but the Greek used also the
natural gender as we do exclusively as in Joh 16:13 \ekeinos\
(masculine {he}), \to pneuma\ (neuter). See also Joh 16:26
(\ho--ekeinos\). It is a grave mistake to use the neuter "it" or
"itself" when referring to the Holy Spirit. {Beareth witness with
our spirit} (\summarturei t•i pneumati h•m•n\). See on ¯Ro 2:15
for this verb with associative instrumental case. See 1Jo
5:10f. for this double witness.
8:17 {Joint-heirs with Christ} (\sunkl•ronomoi Christou\). A late
rare double compound, in Philo, an Ephesian inscription of the
imperial period (Deissmann, _Light from the Ancient East_, p.
92), papyri of the Byzantine period. See 8:29 for this idea
expanded. Paul is fond of compounds of \sun\, three in this verse
(\sunkl•ronomoi, sunpasch•men, sundoxasth•men\). The last (first
aorist passive subjunctive of \sundoxaz•\ with \hina\ (purpose),
late and rare, here only in N.T.
8:18 {To us-ward} (\eis h•m•s\). We shall be included in the
radiance of the coming glory which will put in the shadow the
present sufferings. Precisely the same idiom here with \mellousan
doxan\ (aorist passive infinitive of \apokaluphth•nai\) occurs in
Ga 3:23 with \mellousan pistin\, which see.
8:19 {The earnest expectation of creation} (\h• apokaradokia t•s
ktise•s\). This substantive has so far been found nowhere save
here and Php 1:20, though the verb \apokaradoke•\ is common in
Polybius and Plutarch. Milligan (_Vocabulary_) thinks that Paul
may have made the substantive from the verb. It is a double
compound (\apo\, off from, \kara\, head, \doke•\, Ionic verb, to
watch), hence to watch eagerly with outstretched head. {Waiteth
for} (\apekdechetai\). See on ¯1Co 1:7; Ga 5:5 for this rare
word (possibly formed by Paul, Milligan). "To wait it out"
(Thayer). {The revealing of the sons of God} (\t•n apokalupsin
t•n hui•n tou theou\). Cf. 1Jo 3:2; 2Th 2:8; Col 3:4. This
mystical sympathy of physical nature with the work of grace is
beyond the comprehension of most of us. But who can disprove it?
8:20 {Was subjected} (\hupetag•\). Second aorist passive
indicative of \hupatass•\ (cf. verse 7). {To vanity} (\t•i
mataiot•ti\). Dative case. Rare and late word, common in LXX.
From \mataios\, empty, vain. Eph 4:17; 2Pe 2:18. {Not of its
own will} (\ouch hekousa\). Common adjective, in N.T. only here
and 1Co 9:27. It was due to the effect of man's sin. {But by
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