Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 10].
concerning Ramleh: "I once walked the streets counting all that
were either blind or had defective eyes, and it amounted to about
one-half the male population. The women I could not count, for
they are rigidly veiled" (_The Land and the Book_). The dust, the
glare of the sun, the unsanitary habits of the people spread
contagious eye-diseases.
10:48 {Rebuked him} (\epetim•n aut•i\). Imperfect tense. Kept
rebuking repeatedly. So Lu 18:39. Aorist tense in Mt 20:31.
{Should hold his peace} (\si•p•s•i\). Ingressive aorist
subjunctive, become silent. {The more a great deal} (\poll•i
m•llon\). So Lu 18:39. Only \meizon\ in Mt 20:31.
10:49 {Stood still} (\stas\). Second aorist active ingressive
participle. So Mt 20:32. Lu 18:40 has \statheis\, aorist
passive participle. {He calleth thee} (\ph•nei se\). That was
joyful news to Bartimaeus. Vivid dramatic presents here in Mark.
10:50 {Casting away his garment} (\apobal•n to himation autou\).
Second aorist active participle. Outer robe in his haste. {Sprang
up} (\anap•d•sas\). Leaping up, vivid details again in Mark.
10:51 {That I should do} (\poi•s•\). Neat Greek idiom with aorist
subjunctive without \hina\ after \theleis\. For this asyndeton
(or parataxis) see Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 430. {Rabboni}
(\Rabbounei\). The Aramaic word translated Lord (Kurie) in Mt
20:33 and Lu 18:41. This very form occurs again in Joh
20:16. {That I may receive my sight} (\hina anableps•\). To
recover sight (\ana-\), see again. Apparently he had once been
able to see. Here \hina\ is used though \thel•\ is not (cf.
10:35). The Messiah was expected to give sight to the blind
(Isa 61:1; Lu 4:18; 7:22).
10:52 {Followed} (\•kolouthei\). Imperfect tense picturing joyful
Bartimaeus as he followed the caravan of Jesus into the new
Jericho. {Made thee whole} (\ses•ken\). Perfect active
indicative. The word commonly means {save} and that may be the
idea here.
http://www.ccel.org/r/robertson_at/wordpictures/htm/MR10.RWP.html (8 of 9) [28/08/2004 09:04:32 a.m.]