Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 4].
work (Vincent) to carry a sick person (Joh 5:10). And also by
now the news of the cure of the demoniac of Peter's mother-in-law
had spread all over the town. {Had} (\eichon\). Imperfect tense
including all the chronic cases. {With divers diseases} (\nosois
poikilais\). Instrumental case. For "divers" say "many coloured"
or "variegated." See on ¯Mt 4:24; Mr 1:34. {Brought} (\•gagon\).
Constative summary second aorist active indicative like Mt
8:16, \prosenegkan\, where Mr 1:32 has the imperfect
\epheron\, brought one after another. {He laid his hands on every
one of them and healed them} (\ho de heni hekast•i aut•n tas
cheiras epititheis etherapeuen autous\). Note the present active
participle \epititheis\ and the imperfect active \etherapeuen\,
picturing the healing one by one with the tender touch upon each
one. Luke alone gives this graphic detail which was more than a
mere ceremonial laying on of hands. Clearly the cures of Jesus
reached the physical, mental, and spiritual planes of human
nature. He is Lord of life and acted here as Master of each case
as it came.
4:41 {Came out} (\ex•rcheto\, singular, or \ex•rchonto\, plural).
Imperfect tense, repetition, from one after another. {Thou art
the Son of God} (\Su ei ho huios tou theou\). More definite
statement of the deity of Jesus than the witness of the demoniac
in the synagogue (Lu 4:34; Mr 1:24), like the words of the
Father (Lu 3:22) and more so than the condition of the devil
(Lu 4:3,9). In the Canterbury Revision "devils" should always
be "demons" (\daimonia\) as here. {Suffered them not to speak}
(\ouk eia auta lalein\). Imperfect third singular active of
\ea•\, very old and common verb with syllabic augment \ei\. The
tense accents the continued refusal of Jesus to receive testimony
to his person and work from demons. Cf. Mt 8:4 to the lepers.
{Because they knew} (\hoti •ideisan\). Causal, not declarative,
\hoti\. Past perfect of the second perfect \oida\. {That he was
the Christ} (\ton Christon auton einai\). Infinitive in indirect
assertion with the accusative of general reference. \Ton
Christon\ = {the Anointed}, the Messiah.
4:42 {When it was day} (\genomen•s h•meras\). Genitive absolute
with aorist middle participle. Mr 1:35 notes it was "a great
while before day" (which see for discussion) when Jesus rose up
to go after a restless night. No doubt, because of the excitement
of the previous sabbath in Capernaum. He went out to pray (Mr
1:35). {Sought after him} (\epez•toun auton\). Imperfect active
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