Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 5].
Simon and he joyfully undertakes the task of making a fisher of
men out of this poor fisher of fish.
5:11 {They left all, and followed him} (\aphentes panta
•kolouth•san\). Then and there. They had already become his
disciples. Now they leave their business for active service of
Christ. The conduct of this group of business men should make
other business men to pause and see if Jesus is calling them to
do likewise.
5:12 {Behold} (\kai idou\). Quite a Hebraistic idiom, this use of
\kai\ after \egeneto\ (almost like \hoti\) with \idou\
(interjection) and no verb. {Full of leprosy} (\pl•r•s lepras\).
Mr 1:40 and Mt 8:2 have simply "a leper" which see. Evidently
a bad case full of sores and far advanced as Luke the physician
notes. The law (Le 13:12f.) curiously treated advanced cases as
less unclean than the earlier stages. {Fell on his face} (\pes•n
epi pros•pon\). Second aorist active participle of \pipt•\,
common verb. Mr 1:40 has "kneeling" (\gonupet•n\) and Mt 8:40
"worshipped" (\prosekunei\). All three attitudes were possible
one after the other. All three Synoptics quote the identical
language of the leper and the identical answer of Jesus. His
condition of the third class turned on the "will" (\thel•is\) of
Jesus who at once asserts his will (\th•l•\) and cleanses him.
All three likewise mention the touch (\h•psato\, verse 13) of
Christ's hand on the unclean leper and the instantaneous cure.
5:14 {To tell no man} (\m•deni eipein\). This is an indirect
command after the verb "charged" (\par•ggeilen\). But Luke
changes (_constructio variata_) to the direct quotation, a common
idiom in Greek and often in Luke (Ac 1:4f.). Here in the direct
form he follows Mr 1:43; Mt 8:4. See discussion there about the
direction to go to the priest to receive a certificate showing
his cleansing, like our release from quarantine (Le 13:39;
14:2-32). {For a testimony unto them} (\eis marturion autois\).
The use of \autois\ (them) here is "according to sense," as we
say, for it has no antecedent in the context, just to people in
general. But this identical phrase with absence of direct
reference occurs in Mark and Matthew, pretty good proof of the
use of one by the other. Both Mt 8:4; Lu 5:14 follow Mr 1:44.
5:15 {So much the more} (\m•llon\). Mr 1:45 has only "much"
(\polla\, many), but Mark tells more about the effect of this
disobedience. {Went abroad} (\di•rcheto\). Imperfect tense. The
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