Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 8].
8:17 {That shall not be known} (\ho ou m• gn•sth•i\). Peculiar to
Luke. First aorist passive subjunctive of \gin•sk•\ with the
strong double negative \ou m•\. See on ¯Mr 4:22 for discussion
of \krupton\ and \apokruphon\.
8:18 {How ye hear} (\p•s akouete\). The manner of hearing. Mr
4:24 has "what ye hear" (\ti akouete\), the matter that is
heard. Both are supremely important. Some things should not be
heard at all. Some that are heard should be forgotten. Others
should be treasured and practised. {For whosoever hath} (\Hos an
gar ech•i\). Present active subjunctive of the common verb \ech•\
which may mean "keep on having" or "acquiring." See on ¯Mr 4:25
for discussion. {Thinketh he hath} (\dokei echein\), or {seems to
acquire or to hold}. Losses in business illustrate this saying as
when we see their riches take wings and fly away. So it is with
hearing and heeding. Self-deception is a common complaint.
8:19 {His mother and brethren} (\h• m•t•r kai hoi adelphoi
autou\). Mr 3:31-35; Mt 12:46-50 place the visit of the mother
and brothers of Jesus before the parable of the sower. Usually
Luke follows Mark's order, but he does not do so here. At first
the brothers of Jesus (younger sons of Joseph and Mary, I take
the words to mean, there being sisters also) were not unfriendly
to the work of Jesus as seen in Joh 2:12 when they with the
mother of Jesus are with him and the small group (half dozen)
disciples in Capernaum after the wedding in Cana. But as Jesus
went on with his work and was rejected at Nazareth (Lu
4:16-31), there developed an evident disbelief in his claims on
the part of the brothers who ridiculed him six months before the
end (Joh 7:5). At this stage they have apparently come with
Mary to take Jesus home out of the excitement of the crowds,
perhaps thinking that he is beside himself (Mr 3:21). They
hardly believed the charge of the rabbis that Jesus was in league
with Beelzebub. Certainly the mother of Jesus could give no
credence to that slander. But she herself was deeply concerned
and wanted to help him if possible. See discussion of the problem
in my little book _The Mother of Jesus_ and also on ¯Mr 3:31 and
¯Mt 12:46. {Come to him} (\suntuchein\). Second aorist active
infinitive of \suntugchan•\, an old verb, though here alone in
the N.T., meaning to meet with, to fall in with as if
accidentally, here with associative instrumental case \aut•i\.
8:20 {Was told} (\ap•ggel•\). Second aorist passive indicative of
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