Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 14].
Testament. Plato uses it of a prelude on a flute. It occurs also
in the plural for preparations the day before the wedding. Here
it means the vestibule to the court. Mt 26:71 has \pul•na\, a
common word for gate or front porch. {And the cock crew} (\kai
alekt•r eph•n•sen\). Omitted by Aleph B L Sinaitic Syriac. It is
genuine in verse 72 where "the second time" (\ek deuterou\)
occurs also. It is possible that because of verse 72 it crept
into verse 68. Mark alone alludes to the cock crowing twice,
originally (Mr 14:30), and twice in verse 72, besides verse
68 which is hardly genuine.
14:69 {To them that stood by} (\tois parest•sin\). This talk
about Peter was overheard by him. "This fellow (\houtos\) is one
of them." So in verse 70 the talk is directly to Peter as in
Mt 26:73, but in Lu 22:59 it is about him. Soon the
bystanders (\hoi parest•tes\) will join in the accusation to
Peter (verse 70; Mt 26:73), with the specially pungent question
in Joh 18:26 which was the climax. See on ¯Mt 26:69-75 for
discussion of similar details.
14:71 {Curse} (\anathematizein\). Our word _anathema_ (\ana,
thema\, an offering, then something devoted or a curse). Finally
the two meanings were distinguished by \anath•ma\ for offering
and \anathema\ for curse. Deissmann has found examples at Megara
of \anathema\ in the sense of curse. Hence the distinction
observed in the N.T. was already in the _Koin•_. Mt 26:74 has
\katathematizein\, which is a \hapax legomenon\ in the N.T.,
though common in the LXX. This word has the notion of calling
down curses on one's self if the thing is not true.
14:72 {Called to mind} (\anemn•sth•\). First aorist passive
indicative. Mt 26:75 has the uncompounded verb \emn•sth•\ while
Lu 22:61 has another compound \hupemn•sth•\, was reminded.
{When he thought thereon} (\epibal•n\). Second aorist active
participle of \epiball•\. It is used absolutely here, though
there is a reference to \to rh•ma\ above, the word of Jesus, and
the idiom involves \ton noun\ so that the meaning is to put the
mind upon something. In Lu 15:12 there is another absolute use
with a different sense. Moulton (_Prolegomena_, p. 131) quotes a
Ptolemaic papyrus Tb P 50 where \epibal•n\ probably means "set
to," put his mind on. {Wept} (\eklaien\). Inchoative imperfect,
began to weep. Mt 26:75 has the ingressive aorist \eklausen\,
burst into tears.
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