Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 6].
inner man) {was hardened} (\•n pep•r•men•\). See on ¯3:5 about
\p•r•sis\. Today some men have such intellectual hardness or
denseness that they cannot believe that God can or would work
miracles, least of all nature miracles.
6:53 {And moored to the shore} (\kai pros•rmisth•san\). Only here
in the New Testament, though an old Greek verb and occurring in
the papyri. \Hormos\ is roadstead or anchorage. They cast anchor
or lashed the boat to a post on shore. It was at the plain of
Gennesaret several miles south of Bethsaida owing to the night
wind.
6:54 {Knew him} (\epignontes auton\). Recognizing Jesus, knowing
fully (\epi\) as nearly all did by now. Second aorist active
participle.
6:55 {Ran about} (\periedramon\). Vivid constative aorist
picturing the excited pursuit of Jesus as the news spread that he
was in Gennesaret. {On their beds} (\epi tois krabattois\).
Pallets like that of the man let down through the roof (Mr
2:4). {Where they heard he was} (\hopou •kouon hoti estin\).
Imperfect tense of \akou•\ (repetition), present indicative
\estin\ retained in indirect discourse.
6:56 {Wheresoever he entered} (\hopou an eiseporeueto\). The
imperfect indicative with \an\ used to make a general indefinite
statement with the relative adverb. See the same construction at
the close of the verse, \hosoi an h•psanto auton\ (aorist
indicative and \an\ in a relative clause), {as many as touched
him}. One must enlarge the details here to get an idea of the
richness of the healing ministry of Jesus. We are now near the
close of the Galilean ministry with its many healing mercies and
excitement is at the highest pitch (Bruce).
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Mark: Chapter 6)