Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Galatians: Chapter 1].
idiom.
1:12 {Nor was I taught it} (\oute edidachth•n\). He did not
receive it "from man" (\para anthr•p•n\, which shuts out both
\apo\ and \dia\ of verse 1), whether Peter or any other
apostle, nor was he taught it in the school of Gamaliel in
Jerusalem or at the University of Tarsus. He "received" his
gospel in one way, "through revelation of Jesus Christ" (\di'
apokalupse•s I•sou Christou\). He used \parelabon\ in 1Co 15:3
about the reception of his message from Christ. It is not
necessary to say that he had only one (because of the aorist
active \parelabon\, from \paralamban•\, for it can very well be
constative aorist) revelation (unveiling) from Christ. In fact,
we know that he had numerous visions of Christ and in 1Co 11:23
he expressly says concerning the origin of the Lord's Supper: "I
received (\parelabon\, again) from the Lord." The Lord Jesus
revealed his will to Paul.
1:13 {My manner of life} (\t•n em•n anastroph•n\). Late word in
this sense from Polybius on from \anastrephomai\. In the older
writers it meant literally "return" or "turning back." See 1Pe
1:15. It is absent in this sense in the papyri though the verb
is common. {In the Jews' religion} (\en t•i Ioudaism•i\). "In
Judaism." The word in N.T. only here and next verse, already in
II Macc. 2:21; 8:1; 14:38; IV Macc. 4:26. In these passages it
means the Jewish religion as opposed to the Hellenism that the
Syrian Kings were imposing upon the Jews. So later Justin Martyr
(386 D) will use \Christianismos\ for Christianity. Both words
are made from verbs in \-iz•\. {Beyond measure} (\kath'
huperbol•n\). "According to excess" (throwing beyond,
\huperbol•\). {I persecuted} (\edi•kon\). Imperfect active, "I
used to persecute" (see Ac 7-9 for the facts). {Made havock of
it} (\eporthoun aut•n\). Customary action again, imperfect of old
verb \porthe•\, to lay waste, to sack. In N.T. only here, verse
23, and Ac 9:31 (used by Christians in Damascus of Saul after
his conversion of his former conduct, the very word of Paul
here). Paul heard them use it of him and it stuck in his mind.
1:14 {I advanced} (\proekopton\). Imperfect active again of
\prokopt•\, old verb, to cut forward (as in a forest), to blaze a
way, to go ahead. In N.T. only here, Ro 13:12; 2Ti 2:16;
3:9,13. Paul was a brilliant pupil under Gamaliel. See Php
3:4-6. He was in the lead of the persecution also. {Beyond many
of mine own age} (\huper pollous sun•liki•tas\). Later compound
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