Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 15].
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15:1 {I make known} (\gn•riz•\). See on ¯12:3 for this common
verb. As if in reproach. {The gospel which I preached unto you}
(\to euaggelion ho eu•ggelisam•n humin\). Cognate accusative,
"the gospel which I gospelized unto you." Note augment \•\ after
\eu-\ like compound verb with preposition. Note repetition of
relative (\ho, en h•i, di hou\, and \tini\ like relative) without
\kai\ (and), asyndeton.
15:2 {In what words I preached it unto you} (\tini logoi
eu•ggelisam•n humin\). Almost certainly \tis\ (\tini logoi\,
locative or instrumental, in or with) here is used like the
relative \hos\ as is common in papyri (Moulton, _Prolegomena_, p.
93f.; Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 737f.). Even so it is not clear
whether the clause depends on \gn•riz•\ like the other relatives,
but most likely so. {If we hold it fast} (\ei katechete\).
Condition of first class. Paul assumes that they are holding it
fast. {Except ye believed in vain} (\ektos ei m• eik•i
episteusate\). For \ektos ei m•\ see on ¯14:5. Condition of
first class, unless in fact ye did believe to no purpose
(\eik•i\, old adverb, only in Paul in N.T.). Paul holds this
peril over them in their temptation to deny the resurrection.
15:3 {First of all} (\en pr•tois\). Among first things. _In
primis_. Not to time, but to importance. {Which I also received}
(\ho kai parelabon\). Direct revelation claimed as about the
institution of the Lord's Supper (11:23) and same verbs used
(\pared•ka, parelabon\). Four items given by Paul in explaining
"the gospel" which Paul preached. Stanley calls it (verses
1-11) the creed of the early disciples, but "rather a sample of
the exact form of the apostle's early teaching, than a profession
of faith on the part of converts" (Vincent). The four items are
presented by four verbs (died, \apethanen\, was buried, \etaph•\,
hath been raised, \eg•gertai\, appeared, \•phth•\). {Christ died}
(\Christos apethanen\). Historical fact and crucial event. {For
our sins} (\huper t•n hamarti•n h•m•n\). \Huper\ means literally
over, in behalf, even instead of (Ga 3:13), where used of
persons. But here much in the sense of \peri\ (Ga 1:14) as is
common in _Koin•_. In 1Pe 3:18 we have \peri hamarti•n, huper
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(1 Corinthians: Chapter 15)