Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 10].
to "the body of Christ." {The bread which we break} (\ton arton
hon kl•men\). The loaf. Inverse attraction of the antecedent
(\arton\) to the case (accusative) of the relative (\hon\)
according to classic idiom (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 488).
\Artos\ probably from \ar•\, to join or fit (flour mixed with
water and baked). The mention of the cup here before the bread
does not mean that this order was observed for see the regular
order of bread and then cup in 11:24-27.
10:17 {One bread} (\heis artos\). One loaf. {Who are many} (\hoi
polloi\). The many. {We all} (\hoi pantes\). We the all, the
whole number, \hoi pantes\ being in apposition with the subject
{we} (\h•meis\ unexpressed). {Partake} (\metechomen\). Have a
part with or in, share in. See on ¯9:12; Heb 2:14; 5:13
(partaking of milk). {Of the one bread} (\tou henos artou\). Of
the one loaf, the article \tou\ referring to one loaf already
mentioned. {One body} (\hen s•ma\). Here the mystical spiritual
body of Christ as in 12:12f., the spiritual kingdom or church
of which Christ is head (Col 1:18; Eph 5:23).
10:18 {After the flesh} (\kata sarka\). The literal Israel, the
Jewish people, not the spiritual Israel (\Isra•l kata pneuma\)
composed of both Jews and Gentiles, the true children of faith
(Ro 2:28; 9:8; Gal 3:7). {Communion with the altar} (\koin•noi
tou thusiast•riou\). Same idea in \koin•noi\ participators in,
partners in, sharers in (with objective genitive). The word
\thusiast•rion\ is from late verb \thusiaz•\, to offer sacrifice,
and that from \thusia\, sacrifice, and that from \thu•\, common
verb to slay, to sacrifice (verse 20). The Israelites who offer
sacrifices have a spiritual participation in the altar.
10:19 {A thing sacrificed to idols} (\eid•lothuton\). See on ¯Ac
15:29; 1Co 8:1,4. {Idol} (\eid•lon\). Image of a god. See on ¯Ac
7:41; 15:20; 1Co 8:4,7.
10:20 {But I say that} (\all' hoti\). The verb \ph•mi\ (I say)
must be repeated from verse 19 before \hoti\. {To demons, and
not to God} (\daimoniois kai ou the•i\). Referring to LXX text of
De 32:17. It is probable that by \ou the•i\ Paul means "to a
no-god" as also in De 32:21 \ep' ouk ethnei\ (by a no-people).
This is Paul's reply to the heathen who claimed that they
worshipped the gods represented by the images and not the mere
wood or stone or metal idols. The word \daimonia\ is an adjective
\daimonios\ from \daim•n\, an inferior deity, and with same idea
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