Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 6]
to argument here.
6:44 {Is known} (\gin•sketai\). The fruit of each tree reveals
its actual character. It is the final test. This sentence is not
in Mt 7:17-20, but the same idea is in the repeated saying (Mt
7:16,20): "By their fruits ye shall know them," where the verb
{epign•sesthe} means full knowledge. The question in Mt 7:16 is
put here in positive declarative form. The verb is in the plural
for "men" or "people," \sullegousin\. See on ¯Mt 7:16. {Bramble
bush} (\batou\). Old word, quoted from the LXX in Mr 12:26; Lu
20:37 (from Ex 3:6) about the burning bush that Moses saw, and
by Stephen (Ac 7:30,35) referring to the same incident. Nowhere
else in the N.T. "Galen has a chapter on its medicinal uses, and
the medical writings abound in prescriptions of which it is an
ingredient" (Vincent). {Gather} (\trug•sin\). A verb common in
Greek writers for gathering ripe fruit. In the N.T. only here and
Re 14:18f. {Grapes} (\staphul•n\). Cluster of grapes.
6:45 {Bringeth forth} (\propherei\). In a similar saying repeated
later. Mt 12:34f. has the verb \ekballei\ (throws out, casts
out), a bolder figure. "When men are natural, heart and mouth act
in concert. But otherwise the mouth sometimes professes what the
heart does not feel" (Plummer).
6:46 {And do not} (\kai ou poieite\). This is the point about
every sermon that counts. The two parables that follow illustrate
this point.
6:47 {Hears and does} (\akou•n kai poi•n\). Present active
participles. So in Mt 7:24. (Present indicative.) {I will show
you} (\hupodeix• humin\). Only in Luke, not Matthew.
6:48 {Digged and went deep} (\eskapsen kai ebathunen\). Two first
aorist indicatives. Not a _hendiadys_ for dug deep. \Skapt•\, to
dig, is as old as Homer, as is \bathun•\, to make deep. {And laid
a foundation} (\kai eth•ken themelion\). That is the whole point.
This wise builder struck the rock before he laid the foundation.
{When a flood arose} (\pl•mmur•s genomen•s\). Genitive absolute.
Late word for flood, \pl•mmura\, only here in the N.T., though in
Job 40:18. {Brake against} (\proser•xen\). First aorist active
indicative from \prosr•gnumi\ and in late writers \prosr•ss•\, to
break against. Only here in the N.T. Mt 7:25 has \prosepesan\,
from \prospipt•\, to fall against. {Could not shake it} (\ouk
ischusen saleusai aut•n\). Did not have strength enough to shake
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