Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 4].
together in Capernaum. This house came also to be the Capernaum
home of Jesus. {Simon's wife's mother} (\penthera tou Sim•nos\).
The word \penthera\ for mother-in-law is old and well established
in usage. Besides the parallel passages (Mr 1:30; Mt 8:14; Lu
4:38) it occurs in the N.T. only in Lu 12:53. The
corresponding word \pentheros\, father-in-law, occurs in Joh
18:13 alone in the N.T. {Was holden with a great fever} (\•n
sunechomen• puret•i megal•i\). Periphrastic imperfect passive,
the analytical tense accenting the continuous fever, perhaps
chronic and certainly severe. Luke employs this verb nine times
and only three others in the N.T. (Mt 4:24 passive with
diseases here; 2Co 5:14 active; Php 1:23 passive). In Ac
28:8 the passive "with dysentery" is like the construction here
and is a common one in Greek medical writers as in Greek
literature generally. Luke uses the passive with "fear," Lu
8:37, the active for holding the hands over the ears (Ac 7:57)
and for pressing one or holding together (Lu 8:45; 19:43;
22:63), the direct middle for holding oneself to preaching (Ac
18:5). It is followed here by the instrumental case. Hobart
(_Medical Language of Luke_, p. 3) quotes Galen as dividing
fevers into "great" (\megaloi\) and "small" (\smikroi\).
4:39 {He stood over her} (\epistas epan• aut•s\). Second aorist
active participle. Only in Luke. Surely we are not to take Luke
to mean that Jesus here took the exorcist's position and was
rebuking a malignant personality. The attitude of Jesus is
precisely that of any kindly sympathetic physician. Mr 1:31; Mt
8:15 mention the touch of her hand rather than the tender look
over her head. {Rebuked} (\epetim•sen\). Only in Luke. Jesus bade
the fever leave her as he spoke to the wind and the waves and
Luke uses this same verb (8:24). {Rose up and ministered}
(\anast•sa di•konei\). Second aorist active participle as in
verse 38, but inchoative imperfect tense \di•konei\, from
\diakone•\ (note augment of compound verb). She rose up
immediately, though a long high fever usually leaves one very
weak. The cure was instantaneous and complete. She began to
minister at once and kept it up.
4:40 {When the sun was setting} (\dunontos tou h•liou\). Genitive
absolute and present participle (\dun•\, late form of \du•\)
picturing the sunset scene. Even Mr 1:32 has here the aorist
indicative \edusen\ (punctiliar active). It was not only cooler,
but it was the end of the sabbath when it was not regarded as
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