Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 4].
words {Verily I say unto you} (\am•n leg• humin\). This proverb
about the prophet having no honour in his own country Jesus had
already applied to himself according to Joh 4:44. Both Mr 6:4
and Mt 13:57 give it in a slightly altered form on the last
visit of Jesus to Nazareth. The devil had tempted Jesus to make a
display of his power to the people by letting them see him
floating down from the pinnacle of the temple (Lu 4:9-11).
4:25 {Three years and six months} (\et• tria kai m•nas hex\).
Accusative of duration of time without \epi\ (doubtful). The same
period is given in Jas 5:17, the popular Jewish way of
speaking. In 1Ki 18:1 the rain is said to have come in the
third year. But the famine probably lasted still longer.
4:26 {Unto Zarephath} (\eis Sarepta\). The modern village
Surafend on the coast road between Tyre and Sidon. {Unto a woman
that was a widow} (\pros gunaika ch•ran\). Literally, unto a
woman a widow (like our vernacular widow woman). This is an
illustration of the proverb from the life of Elijah (1Ki
17:8,9). This woman was in the land of Sidon or Phoenicia, a
heathen, where Jesus himself will go later.
4:27 {In the time of Elisha the prophet} (\epi Elisaiou tou
proph•tou\). This use of \epi\ with the genitive for "in the time
of" is a good Greek idiom. The second illustration of the proverb
is from the time of Elisha and is another heathen, {Naaman the
Syrian} (\Naiman ho Syros\). He was the lone leper that was
cleansed by Elisha (2Ki 5:1,14).
4:28 {They were all filled with wrath} (\epl•sth•san pantes
thumou\). First aorist passive indicative of the common verb
\pimpl•mi\ followed by the genitive case. The people of Nazareth
at once caught on and saw the point of these two Old Testament
illustrations of how God in two cases blessed the heathen instead
of the Jewish people. The implication was evident. Nazareth was
no better than Capernaum if as good. He was under no special
obligation to do unusual things in Nazareth because he had been
reared there. Town pride was insulted and it at once exploded in
a burst of rage.
4:29 {They rose up and cast him forth} (\anastantes exebalon\).
Second aorist ingressive active participle and second aorist
effective active indicative. A movement towards lynching Jesus.
{Unto the brow of the hill} (\h•os ophruos tou orous\). Eyebrow
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