Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Galatians: Chapter 3].
alive} (\ho dunamenos z•opoi•sai\). First aorist active
infinitive of \z•opoie•\, late compound (\z•os\, alive, \poie•\,
to make) verb for which see 1Co 15:22. Spiritual life, he
means, here and hereafter. {Verily} (\ont•s\). "Really" (cf. Mr
11:32; Lu 24:34). Condition and conclusion (\an •n\) of second
class, determined as unfulfilled. He had already said that Christ
died to no purpose in that case (2:21).
3:22 {Hath shut up} (\sunekleisen\). Did shut together. First
aorist active indicative of \sunklei•\, old verb to shut
together, on all sides, completely as a shoal of fish in a net
(Lu 5:6). So verse 23; Ro 11:32. {Under sin} (\hupo
hamartian\). See \hupo kataran\ in verse 10. As if the lid
closed in on us over a massive chest that we could not open or as
prisoners in a dungeon. He uses \ta panta\ (the all things), the
totality of everything. See Ro 3:10-19; 11:32. {That} (\hina\).
God's purpose, personifying scripture again. {Might be given}
(\doth•i\). First aorist passive subjunctive of \did•mi\ with
\hina\.
3:23 {Before faith came} (\pro tou elthein t•n pistin\). "Before
the coming (second aorist active infinitive of \erchomai\,
definite event) as to the Faith" (note article, meaning the faith
in verse 22 made possible by the historic coming of Christ the
Redeemer), the faith in Christ as Saviour (verse 22). {We were
kept in ward under the law} (\huper nomon ephrouroumetha\).
Imperfect passive of \phroure•\, to guard (from \phrouros\, a
guard). See on ¯Ac 9:24; 2Co 11:32. It was a long progressive
imprisonment. {Unto the faith which should afterwards be
revealed} (\eis t•n mellousan pistin apokaluphth•nai\). "Unto the
faith (verse 22 again) about to be revealed." \Mell•\ and the
first aorist passive infinitive (regular idiom).
3:24 {Our tutor unto Christ} (\paidag•gos hum•n eis Christon\).
See 1Co 4:15 for the only other N.T. example of this old and
common word for the slave employed in Greek and Roman families of
the better class in charge of the boy from about six to sixteen.
The paedagogue watched his behaviour at home and attended him
when he went away from home as to school. Christ is our
Schoolmaster and the law as paedagogue kept watch over us till we
came to Christ. {That we might be justified by faith} (\hina ek
piste•s dikai•th•men\). This is the ultimate purpose of the law
as paedagogue. {Now that faith is come} (\elthous•s t•s
piste•s\). Genitive absolute, "the faith (the time of the faith
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