Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 7]
contract form (\ao= •, a• •\).
7:21 {In that hour he cured} (\en ekein•i t•i hor•i
etherapeusen\). This item is not in Matthew. Jesus gave the two
disciples of John an example of the direct method. They had
heard. Then they saw for themselves. {Diseases} (\nos•n\),
{plagues} (\mastig•n\), {evil spirits} (\pneumat•n pon•r•n\), all
kinds of bodily ills, and he singles out the {blind} (\tuphlois\)
to whom in particular he bestowed sight (\echarizato blepein\),
gave as a free gift (from \charis\, grace) seeing (\blepein\).
7:22 {What things ye have seen and heard} (\ha eidete kai
•kousate\). In Mt 11:4, present tense "which ye do hear and
see." Rest of verse 22,23 as in Mt 11:4-6, which see for
details. Luke mentions no raisings from the dead in verse 21,
but the language is mainly general, while here it is specific.
\Skandalizomai\ used here has the double notion of to trip up and
to entrap and in the N.T. always means causing to sin.
7:24 {When the messengers of John were departed} (\apelthont•n
t•n aggel•n I•anou\). Genitive absolute of aorist active
participle. Mt 11:7 has the present middle participle
\poreuomen•n\, suggesting that Jesus began his eulogy of John as
soon as the messengers (angels, Luke calls them) were on their
way. The vivid questions about the people's interest in John are
precisely alike in both Matthew and Luke.
7:25 {Gorgeously apparelled} (\en himatism•i endox•i\). In
splendid clothing. Here alone in this sense in the N.T. {And live
delicately} (\truph•i\). From \thrupt•\ to break down, to
enervate, an old word for luxurious living. See the verb
\trupha•\ in Jas 5:5. {In kings' courts} (\en tois
basileiois\). Only here in the N.T. Mt 11:8 has it "in kings'
houses." Verses 26,27 are precisely alike in Mt 11:9,10,
which see for discussion.
7:26 {A prophet?} (\proph•t•n;\). A real prophet will always get
a hearing if he has a message from God. He is a for-speaker,
forth-teller (\pro-ph•t•s\). He may or may not be a fore-teller.
The main thing is for the prophet to have a message from God
which he is willing to tell at whatever cost to himself. The word
of God came to John in the wilderness of Judea (Lu 3:2). That
made him a prophet. There is a prophetic element in every real
preacher of the Gospel. Real prophets become leaders and moulders
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