Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 7]
them and hence to expect obedience to his commands, He recognized
Jesus as Master over disease with power to compel obedience.
7:10 {Whole} (\hugiainonta\). Sound, well. See Lu 5:31.
7:11 {Soon afterwards} (\en toi hex•s\). According to this
reading supply \chron•i\, time. Other MSS. read \t•i hex•s\
(supply \h•mer•i\, day). \Hex•s\ occurs in Luke and Acts in the
N.T. though old adverb of time. {That} (\Hoti\). Not in the
Greek, the two verbs \egeneto\ and \eporeuth•\ having no
connective (asyndeton). {Went with him} (\suneporeuonto aut•i\).
Imperfect middle picturing the procession of disciples and the
crowd with Jesus. Nain is not mentioned elsewhere in the N.T.
There is today a hamlet about two miles west of Endor on the
north slope of Little Hermon. There is a burying-place still in
use. Robinson and Stanley think that the very road on which the
crowd with Jesus met the funeral procession can be identified.
7:12 {Behold} (\kai idou\). The \kai\ introduces the apodosis of
the temporal sentence and has to be left out in translations. It
is a common idiom in Luke, \kai idou\. {There was carried out}
(\exekomizeto\). Imperfect passive indicative. Common verb in
late Greek for carrying out a body for burial, though here only
in the N.T. (\ekkomiz•\). Rock tombs outside of the village exist
there today. {One that was dead} (\tethn•k•s\). Perfect active
participle of \thn•sk•\, to die. {The only son of his mother}
(\monogen•s huios t•i m•tri auto–\). Only begotten son to his
mother (dative case). The compound adjective \monogen•s\ (\monos\
and \genos\) is common in the old Greek and occurs in the N.T.
about Jesus (Joh 3:16,18). The "death of a widow's only son was
the greatest misfortune conceivable" (Easton). {And she was a
widow} (\kai aut• •n ch•ra\). This word \ch•ra\ gives the
finishing touch to the pathos of the situation. The word is from
\ch•ros\, bereft. The mourning of a widow for an only son is the
extremity of grief (Plummer). {Much people} (\ochlos hikanos\).
Considerable crowd as often with this adjective \hikanos\. Some
were hired mourners, but the size of the crowd showed the real
sympathy of the town for her.
7:13 {The Lord saw her} (\id•n aut•n ho kurios\). The Lord of
Life confronts death (Plummer) and Luke may use \Kurios\ here
purposely. {Had compassion} (\esplagchth•\). First aorist
(ingressive) passive indicative of \splagchnizomai\. Often love
and pity are mentioned as the motives for Christ's miracles (Mt
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