Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Matthew: Chapter 18].
sayings many times. Instead of \eis geennan\ (5:29) we have
\eis to pur to ai•nion\ and at the end of verse 9 \tou puros\
is added to \t•n geennan\. This is the first use in Matthew of
\ai•nios\. We have it again in 19:16,29 with \zo•\, in 25:41
with \pur\, in 25:46 with \kolasin\ and \zo•n\. The word means
ageless, without beginning or end as of God (Ro 16:26), without
beginning as in Ro 16:25, without end as here and often. The
effort to make it mean "\aeonian\" fire will make it mean
"\aeonian\" life also. If the punishment is limited, _ipso facto_
the life is shortened. In verse 9 also \monophthalmon\ occurs.
It is an Ionic compound in Herodotus that is condemned by the
Atticists, but it is revived in the vernacular _Koin•_. Literally
one-eyed. Here only and Mr 9:47 in the New Testament.
18:10 {Despise} (\kataphron•s•te\). Literally, "think down on,"
with the assumption of superiority. {Their angels} (\hoi aggeloi
aut•n\). The Jews believed that each nation had a guardian angel
(Da 10:13,20f.; 12:1). The seven churches in Revelation (Re
1:20) have angels, each of them, whatsoever the meaning is. Does
Jesus mean to teach here that each little child or child of faith
had a special angel who appears in God's presence, "see the face
of my Father" (\blepousin to pros•pon tou patros mou\) in special
intimacy? Or does he simply mean that the angels do take an
interest in the welfare of God's people (Heb 1:14)? There is
comfort to us in that thought. Certainly Jesus means that the
Father takes special care of his "little ones" who believe in
Him. There are angels in God's presence (Lu 1:19).
18:12 {Leave the ninety and nine} (\aph•sei ta enen•konta ennea
epi ta or• kai poreutheis z•tei to plan•menon?\). This is the
text of Westcott and Hort after BL, etc. This text means: "Will
he not leave the ninety and nine upon the mountains and going
does he not seek (change to present tense) the wandering one?" On
the high pastures where the sheep graze at will one has wandered
afield. See this parable later in Lu 15:4-7. Our word "planet"
is from \planaomai\, wandering (moving) stars they were called as
opposed to fixed stars. But now we know that no stars are fixed.
They are all moving and rapidly.
18:14 {The will of your Father} (\thel•ma emprosthen\). Observe
that Westcott and Hort read \mou\ here rather than \h–m•n\ after
B Sahidic Coptic. Either makes good sense, though "your" carries
on the picture of God's care for "each one of these little ones"
(\hen t•n mikr•n tout•n\) among God's children. The use of
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