Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 10].
eid•lothuta\ might become a stepping-stone to idolatry in some
instances. {Drink} (\pein\). Short form for \piein\, sometimes
even \pin\ occurs (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 204). {To play}
(\paizein\). This old verb to play like a child occurs nowhere
else in the N.T., but is common in the LXX and it is quoted here
from Ex 32:6. In idolatrous festivals like that witnessed by
Moses when he saw the people singing and dancing around the
golden calf (Ex 32:18f.).
10:8 {Neither let us commit fornication} (\m•de porneu•men\).
More exactly, And let us cease practicing fornication as some
were already doing (1Co 6:11; 7:2). The connection between
idolatry and fornication was very close (see Jowett, _Epistles of
Paul_, II, p. 70) and see about Baal-Peor (Nu 25:1-9). It was
terribly true of Corinth where prostitution was part of the
worship of Aphrodite. {In one day} (\mi•i h•mer•i\). An item that
adds to horror of the plague in Nu 25:9 where the total number
is 24,000 instead of 23,000 as here for one day.
10:9 {Neither let us tempt the Lord} (\m•de ekpeiraz•men ton
Kurion\). So the best MSS. instead of Christ. This compound
occurs in LXX and in N.T. always about Christ (here and Mt 4:7;
Lu 4:12; 10:25). Let us cease sorely (\ek-\) tempting the Lord
by such conduct. {And perished by the serpents} (\kai hupo t•n
ophe•n ap•llunto\). Vivid imperfect middle (cf. aorist middle
\ap•lonto\ in verse 10), were perishing day by day. The story
is told in Nu 21:6. The use of \hupo\ for agent with the
intransitive middle of \apollumi\ is regular. Note the Ionic
uncontracted genitive plural \ophe•n\ rather than \oph•n\.
10:10 {Neither murmur ye} (\m•de gogguzete\). Implying that some
of them were murmuring. For this late picturesque onomatopoetic
verb see on ¯Mt 20:11. The reference seems to be to Nu 16:41f.
after the punishment of Korah. {By the destroyer} (\hupo tou
olothreutou\). This word, from \olothreu•\ (late verb from
\olethros\, destruction) occurs only here, so far as known. The
reference is to the destroying angel of Ex 12:23 (\ho
olothreu•n\).
10:11 {Now these things happened unto them} (\tauta de sunebainon
ekeinois\). Imperfect tense because they happened from time to
time. {By way of example} (\tupik•s\). Adverb in sense of \tupoi\
in verse 6. Only instance of the adverb except in
ecclesiastical writers after this time, but adjective \tupikos\
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