Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 4].
(\ophrus\), in Homer, then any jutting prominence. Only here in
the N.T. Hippocrates speaks of the eyebrow hanging over. {Was
built} (\•ikodom•to\). Past perfect indicative, stood built.
{That they might throw him down headlong} (\h•ste katakr•mnisai
auton\). Neat Greek idiom with \h•ste\ for intended result, "so
as to cast him down the precipice." The infinitive alone can
convey the same meaning (Mt 2:2; 20:28; Lu 2:23). \Kr•mnos\ is
an overhanging bank or precipice from \kremannumi\, to hang.
\Kata\ is down. The verb occurs in Xenophon, Demosthenes, LXX,
Josephus. Here only in the N.T. At the southwest corner of the
town of Nazareth such a cliff today exists overhanging the
Maronite convent. Murder was in the hearts of the people. By
pushing him over they hoped to escape technical guilt.
4:30 {He went his way} (\eporeueto\). Imperfect tense, he was
going on his way.
4:31 {Came down} (\kat•lthen\). Mr 1:21 has the historical
present, {they go into} (\eisporeuontai\). Capernaum (Tell Hum)
is now the headquarters of the Galilean ministry, since Nazareth
has rejected Jesus. Lu 4:31-37 is parallel with Mr 1:21-28
which he manifestly uses. It is the first of Christ's miracles
which they give. {Was teaching them} (\•n didask•n autous\).
Periphrastic imperfect. Mark has \edidasken\ first and then \en
didask•n\. "Them" here means the people present in the synagogue
on the sabbath, construction according to sense as in Mr 1:22.
4:32 Rest of the sentence as in Mark, which see, except that Luke
omits "and not as their scribes" and uses \hoti •n\ instead of
\h•s ech•n\.
4:33 {Which had} (\ech•n\). Mark has \en\. {A spirit of an
unclean demon} (\pneuma daimoniou akathartou\). Mark has "unclean
spirit." Luke's phrase here is unique in this combination.
Plummer notes that Matthew has \daimonion\ ten times and
\akatharton\ twice as an epithet of \pneuma\; Mark has
\daimonion\ thirteen times and \akatharton\ eleven times as an
epithet of \pneuma\. Luke's Gospel uses \daimonion\ twenty-two
times and \akatharton\ as an epithet, once of \daimonion\ as here
and once of \pneuma\. In Mark the man is in (\en\) the power of
the unclean spirit, while here the man "has" a spirit of an
unclean demon. {With a loud voice} (\ph•n•i megal•i\). Not in
Mark. Really a scream caused by the sudden contact of the demon
with Jesus.
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