Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox
Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox
Word Pictures in the NT [Matthew: Chapter 3]. symbol of the Holy Spirit. 3:17 {A voice out of the heavens} (\ph•n• ek t•n ouran•n\). This was the voice of the Father to the Son whom he identifies as His Son, "my beloved Son." Thus each person of the Trinity is represented (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) at this formal entrance of Jesus upon his Messianic ministry. John heard the voice, of course, and saw the dove. It was a momentous occasion for John and for Jesus and for the whole world. The words are similar to Ps 2:7 and the voice at the Transfiguration (Mt 17:5). The good pleasure of the Father is expressed by the timeless aorist (\eudok•sa\). [Table of Contents] [Previous] [Next] http://www.ccel.org/r/robertson_at/wordpictures/htm/MT3.RWP.html (6 of 6) [28/08/2004 09:02:55 a.m.] Word Pictures in the New Testament (Matthew: Chapter 3)
Word Pictures in the NT [Matthew: Chapter 4]. [Table of Contents] [Previous] [Next] 4:1 {To be tempted of the devil} (\peirasth•nai hupo tou diabolou\). Matthew locates the temptation at a definite time, "then" (\tote\) and place, "into the wilderness" (\eis t•n er•mon\), the same general region where John was preaching. It is not surprising that Jesus was tempted by the devil immediately after his baptism which signified the formal entrance upon the Messianic work. That is a common experience with ministers who step out into the open for Christ. The difficulty here is that Matthew says that "Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil." Mark (Mr 1:12) puts it more strongly that the Spirit "drives" (\ekballei\) Christ into the wilderness. It was a strong impulsion by the Holy Spirit that led Jesus into the wilderness to think through the full significance of the great step that he had now taken. That step opened the door for the devil and involved inevitable conflict with the slanderer (\tou diabolou\). Judas has this term applied to him (Joh 6:70) as it is to men (2Ti 3:3; Tit 2:3) and women (she devils, 1Ti 3:11) who do the work of the arch slanderer. There are those today who do not believe that a personal devil exists, but they do not offer an adequate explanation of the existence and presence of sin in the world. Certainly Jesus did not discount or deny the reality of the devil's presence. The word "tempt" here (\peiraz•\) and in 4:3 means originally to test, to try. That is its usual meaning in the ancient Greek and in the Septuagint. Bad sense of \ekpeiraz•\ in 4:7 as in De 6:16. Here it comes to mean, as often in the New Testament, to solicit to sin. The evil sense comes from its use for an evil purpose. 4:2 {Had fasted} (\n•steusas\). No perfunctory ceremonial fast, but of communion with the Father in complete abstention from food as in the case of Moses during forty days and forty nights (Ex 34:28). "The period of the fast, as in the case of Moses was spent in a spiritual ecstasy, during which the wants of the natural body were suspended" (Alford). "He afterward hungered" and so at the close of the period of forty days. 4:3 {If thou art the Son of God} (\ei huios ei tou theou\). More exactly, "If thou art Son of God," for there is no article with http://www.ccel.org/r/robertson_at/wordpictures/htm/MT4.RWP.html (1 of 7) [28/08/2004 09:02:57 a.m.] Word Pictures in the New Testament (Matthew: Chapter 4)
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<strong>Word</strong> <strong>Pictures</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> NT [Mat<strong>the</strong>w: Chapter 3].<br />
symbol of <strong>the</strong> Holy Spirit.<br />
3:17 {A voice out of <strong>the</strong> heavens} (\ph•n• ek t•n ouran•n\). This<br />
was <strong>the</strong> voice of <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r to <strong>the</strong> Son whom he identifies as His<br />
Son, "my beloved Son." Thus each person of <strong>the</strong> Tr<strong>in</strong>ity is<br />
represented (Fa<strong>the</strong>r, Son, Holy Spirit) at this formal entrance of<br />
Jesus upon his Messianic m<strong>in</strong>istry. John heard <strong>the</strong> voice, of<br />
course, and saw <strong>the</strong> dove. It was a momentous occasion for John<br />
and for Jesus and for <strong>the</strong> whole world. The words are similar to<br />
Ps 2:7 and <strong>the</strong> voice at <strong>the</strong> Transfiguration (Mt 17:5). The<br />
good pleasure of <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r is expressed by <strong>the</strong> timeless aorist<br />
(\eudok•sa\).<br />
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<strong>Word</strong> <strong>Pictures</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Testament</strong><br />
(Mat<strong>the</strong>w: Chapter 3)
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