Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 15].
who took it to mean baptized in the place of dead people
(unsaved) in order to save them. Some take it to be baptism over
the dead. Others take it to mean that Paul and others were in
peril of death as shown by baptism (see verse 30). {At all}
(\hol•s\). See on ¯5:1.
15:30 {Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?} (\ti kai
h•meis kinduneuomen pasan h•ran?\). We also as well as those who
receive baptism which symbolizes death. Old verb from \kindunos\
(peril, danger), in N.T. only here and Lu 8:23. Paul's Epistles
and Acts (especially chapter Ac 19) throw light on Paul's
argument. He was never out of danger from Damascus to the last
visit to Rome. There are perils in Ephesus of which we do not
know (2Co 1:8f.) whatever may be true as to an Ephesian
imprisonment. G. S. Duncan (_St. Paul's Ephesian Ministry_, 1930)
even argues for several imprisonments in Ephesus. The accusative
of time (\pasan h•ran\) naturally means all through every hour
(extension).
15:31 {I protest by that glorying in you} (\n• t•n humeteran
kauch•sin\). No word for "I protest." Paul takes solemn oath by
the use of \n•\ (common in Attic) with the accusative. Only here
in N.T., but in LXX (Ge 42:15f.). For other solemn oaths by
Paul see 2Co 1:18,23; 11:10f.,31; Ro 9:1. For \kauch•sis\ see
on ¯1Th 2:19. The possessive pronoun (\humeteran\) is objective
as \em•n\ in 1Co 11:24. {I die daily} (\kath' h•meran
apothn•sk•\). I am in daily peril of death (2Co 4:11; 11:23; Ro
8:36).
15:32 {After the manner of men} (\kata anthr•pon\). Like men, for
applause, money, etc. (4:9ff.; Php 3:7). {If I fought with wild
beasts at Ephesus} (\ei eth•riomach•sa en Ephes•i\). Late verb
from \th•riomachos\, a fighter with wild beasts. Found in
inscriptions and in Ignatius. Those who argue for an Ephesian
imprisonment for Paul and Ephesus as the place where he wrote the
imprisonment epistles (see Duncan's book just mentioned) take the
verb literally. There is in the ruins of Ephesus now a place
called St. Paul's Prison. But Paul was a Roman citizen and it was
unlawful to make such a one be a \th•riomachos\. If he were cast
to the lions unlawfully, he could have prevented it by claiming
his citizenship. Besides, shortly after this Paul wrote II
Corinthians, but he does not mention so unusual a peril in the
list in 2Co 11:23f. The incident, whatever it was, whether
literal or figurative language, took place before Paul wrote I
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