Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 2]
reverently, circumspectly. {Looking for the consolation of
Israel} (\prosdechomenos parakl•sin tou Israel\). Old Greek verb
to admit to one's presence (Lu 15:2) and then to expect as here
and of Anna in verse 38. {Parakl•sin} here means the Messianic
hope (Isa 11:10; 40:1), calling to one's side for cheer. {Upon
him} (\ep' auton\). This is the explanation of his lively
Messianic hope. It was due to the Holy Spirit. Simeon and Anna
are representatives of real piety in this time of spiritual
dearth and deadness.
2:26 {It had been revealed unto him} (\•n aut•i
kechr•matismenon\). Periphrastic past perfect passive indicative.
Common Greek verb. First to transact business from \chr•ma\ and
that from \chraomai\, to use, make use of; then to do business
with public officials, to give advice (judges, rulers, kings),
then to get the advice of the Delphic and other oracles
(Diodorus, Plutarch). The LXX and Josephus use it of God's
commands. A Fayum papyrus of 257 B.C. has the substantive
\chr•mastismos\ for a divine response (cf. Ro 11:4). See
Deissmann, _Light From the Ancient East_, p. 153. {Before} (\prin
•\). Classic Greek idiom after a negative to have subjunctive as
here (only example in the N.T.) or the optative after past tense
as in Ac 25:16 (subjunctive changed to optative in indirect
discourse). Elsewhere in the N.T. the infinitive follows \prin\
as in Mt 1:18.
2:27 {When the parents brought in the child Jesus} (\en t•i
eisagagein tous goneis to paidion I•soun\). A neat Greek and
Hebrew idiom difficult to render into English, very common in the
LXX; {In the bringing the Child Jesus as to the parents}. The
articular infinitive and two accusatives (one the object, the
other accusative of general reference). {After the custom of the
law} (\kata to eithismenon tou nomou\). Here the perfect passive
participle \eithismenon\, neuter singular from \ethiz•\ (common
Greek verb, to accustom) is used as a virtual substantive like
\to ethos\ in 1:8. Luke alone in the N.T. uses either word save
\ethos\ in Joh 19:40, though \ei•tha\ from \eth•\, occurs also
in Mt 27:15; Mr 10:1.
2:28 {Then he} (\kai autos\). \Kai\ as in 2:21. \Autos\,
emphatic subject, he after the parents. {Arms} (\agkalas\). Old
Greek word, here only in the N.T. It means the curve or inner
angle of the arm.
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