Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 1].
conduct before men.
1:76 {Yea and thou} (\kai su de\). Direct address to the child
with forecast of his life (cf. 1:13-17). {Prophet}
(\proph•t•s\). The word here directly applied to the child. Jesus
will later call John a prophet and more than a prophet. {The
Lord} (\Kuriou\). Jehovah as in 1:16.
1:77 {Knowledge of salvation} (\gn•sin s•t•rias\). "This is the
aim and end of the work of the Forerunner" (Plummer).
1:78 {Tender mercy} (\splagchna eleous\). Bowels of mercy
literally (1Pe 3:8; Jas 3:11). Revised margin has it, hearts of
mercy. {The dayspring from on high} (\anatol• ex hupsous\).
Literally, rising from on high, like the rising sun or stars
(Isa 60:19). The word is used also of a sprouting plant or
branch (Jer 23:5; Zec 6:12), but that does not suit here.
{Shall visit} (\epeskepsetai\), correct text, cf. 1:68.
1:79 {To shine upon} (\epiph•nai\). First aorist active
infinitive of \epiphain•\ (liquid verb). An old verb to give
light, to shine upon, like the sun or stars. See also Ac 27:20;
Tit 2:11; 3:4. {The shadow of death} (\ski•i thanatou\). See Ps
107:10, where darkness and shadow of death are combined as here.
Cf. also Isa 9:1. See on ¯Mt 4:16. To guide (\tou
kateuth–nai\). Genitive of the articular infinitive of purpose.
The light will enable them in the dark to see how to walk in a
straight path that leads to "the way of peace." We are still on
that road, but so many stumble for lack of light, men and
nations.
1:80 {Grew} (\•uxane\). Imperfect active, was growing. {Waxed
strong} (\ekrataiouto\). Imperfect again. The child kept growing
in strength of body and spirit. {His shewing} (\anadeixe•s
autou\). Here alone in the N.T. It occurs in Plutarch and
Polybius. The verb appears in a sacrificial sense. The boy, as he
grew, may have gone up to the passover and may have seen the boy
Jesus (Lu 2:42-52), but he would not know that he was to be the
Messiah. So these two boys of destiny grew on with the years, the
one in the desert hills near Hebron after Zacharias and Elisabeth
died, the other, the young Carpenter up in Nazareth, each waiting
for "his shewing unto Israel."
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