Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [2 Timothy: Chapter 3].
to the intelligentsia!
3:8 {Like as} (\hon tropon\). "In which manner." Adverbial
accusative and incorporation of the antecedent \tropon\ into the
relative clause. {Jannes and Jambres} (\Iann•s kai Iambr•s\).
Traditional names of the magicians who withstood Moses (_Targum
of Jonathan_ on Ex 7:11). {Withstood} (\antest•san\). Second
aorist active (intransitive) of \anthist•mi\, to stand against,
"they stood against" (with dative \M•usei\). Same word used of
Elymas in Ac 13:8 and repeated here \anthistantai\ (present
middle indicative). Paul here pictures the seducers of the
\gunaikaria\ above. {Corrupted in mind} (\katephtharmenoi ton
noun\). Perfect passive participle of \kataphtheir•\, old
compound, in N.T. only here in critical text. See 2Co 11:3; 1Ti
6:5 for \diaphtheir•\. The accusative \noun\ is retained in the
passive. {Reprobate} (\adokimoi\). See 1Co 9:27; Tit 1:16. They
had renounced their trust (\pistin\) in Christ.
3:9 {They shall proceed no further} (\ou prokopsousin epi
pleion\). Future active of \prokopt•\. See 2:16. {Folly}
(\anoia\). Old word (from \anoos\, a privative and \nous\), want
of sense, here only in N.T. {Evident} (\ekd•los\). Old word (\ek,
d•los\, outstanding), here only in N.T. {Theirs} (\ekein•n\). Of
Jannes and Jambres (Ex 7:12).
3:10 {Didst follow} (\par•kolouth•sas\). First aorist active
indicative of \parakolouthe•\, for which see 1Ti 4:6. Some MSS.
have perfect active \par•kolouth•kas\ (thou hast followed). Nine
associative-instrumental cases here after the verb ({teaching},
\didaskali•i\, Ro 12:7; {conduct}, \ag•g•i\, old word here only
in N.T.; {purpose}, \prothesei\, Ro 8:28; {faith}, \pistei\,
1Th 3:6; {longsuffering}, \makrothumi•i\, Col 1:11;
{persecutions}, \di•gmois\, 2Th 1:4; {sufferings},
\path•masin\, 2Co 1:6f.). The two last items belong to verse
11.
3:11 {What things befell me} (\hoia moi egeneto\). Qualitative
relative (\hoia\) referring to actual experiences of Paul
(\egeneto\, second aorist middle indicative of \ginomai\) more
fully described in 2Co 11:30-33. The Acts of the Apostles tell
of his experiences in Antioch in Pisidia (Ac 13:14,45,50), in
Iconium (Ac 14:1-5), in Lystra (Ac 14:6-19). See also Ga
2:11. {What persecutions I endured} (\hoious di•gmous
hup•negka\). Qualitative relative again with \di•gmous\. The verb
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