Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 9].
whomsoever I have mercy." The same construction in \hon an
oikteir•\, "on whomsoever I have compassion."
9:16 {So then} (\ara oun\). In view of this quotation. {It is not
of} (\ou\). We must supply \estin eleos\ with \ou\. "Mercy is not
of." The articular participles (\tou thelontos, tou trechontos,
tou ele•ntos\) can be understood as in the genitive with \eleos\
understood (mercy is not a quality of) or as the predicate
ablative of source like \epiluse•s\ in 2Pe 1:20. Paul is fond
of the metaphor of running.
9:17 {To Pharaoh} (\t•i Phara•\). There is a national election as
seen in verses 7-13, but here Paul deals with the election of
individuals. He "lays down the principle that God's grace does
not necessarily depend upon anything but God's will" (Sanday and
Headlam). He quotes Ex 9:16. {Might be published}
(\diaggel•i\). Second aorist passive subjunctive of \diaggell•\.
9:18 {He hardeneth} (\skl•runei\). Pharaoh hardened his own heart
also (Ex 8:15,32; 9:34), but God gives men up also
(1:24,26,28). This late word is used by the Greek physicians
Galen and Hippocrates. See on ¯Ac 19:9. Only here in Paul.
9:19 {Why doth he still find fault?} (\ti eti memphetai?\). Old
verb, to blame. In N.T. only here and Heb 8:8. Paul's imaginary
objector picks up the admission that God hardened Pharaoh's
heart. "Still" (\eti\) argues for a change of condition since
that is true. {Withstandeth his will} (\t•i boul•mati autou
anthest•ken\). Perfect active indicative of \anthist•mi\, old
verb, maintains a stand (the perfect tense). Many have attempted
to resist God's will (\boul•ma\, deliberate purpose, in N.T. only
here and Ac 27:43; 1Pe 4:3). Elsewhere \thel•ma\ (Mt 6:10).
9:20 {Nay, but, O man, who art thou?} (\O anthr•pe, men oun ge su
tis ei?\). "O man, but surely thou who art thou?" Unusual and
emphatic order of the words, prolepsis of \su\ (thou) before
\tis\ (who) and \men oun ge\ (triple particle, \men\, indeed,
\oun\, therefore, \ge\, at least) at the beginning of clause as
in Ro 10:18; Php 3:8 contrary to ancient idiom, but so in
papyri. {That repliest} (\ho antapokrinomenos\). Present middle
articular participle of double compound verb \antapokrinomai\, to
answer to one's face (\anti-\) late and vivid combination, also
in Lu 14:6, nowhere else in N.T., but in LXX. {The thing
formed} (\to plasma\). Old word (Plato, Aristophanes) from
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