Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 8].
\apaggell•\, to bring word or tidings. Common verb. See on ¯Mr
3:32 and ¯Mt 12:47 for details.
8:21 {These which hear the word of God and do it} (\hoi ton logon
tou theou akouontes kai poiountes\). The absence of the article
with "mother" and "brothers" probably means, as Plummer argues,
"Mother to me and brothers to me are those who &c." No one is a
child of God because of human parentage (Joh 1:13). "Family
ties are at best temporal; spiritual ties are eternal" (Plummer)
. Note the use of "hear and do" together here as in Mt 7:24; Lu
6:47 at the close of the Sermon on the Mount. The parable of the
sower is almost like a footnote to that sermon. Later Jesus will
make "doing" a test of friendship for him (Joh 15:14).
8:22 {And they launched forth} (\kai an•chth•san\). First aorist
passive indicative of \anag•\, an old verb, to lead up, to put
out to sea (looked at as going up from the land). This nautical
sense of the verb occurs only in Luke in the N.T. and especially
in the Acts (Ac 13:13; 16:11; 18:21; 20:3,13; 21:I,2;
27:2,4,12,21; 28:10f.).
8:23 {He fell asleep} (\aphupn•sen\). First aorist (ingressive)
active indicative of \aphupno•\, to put to sleep, to fall off to
sleep, a late verb for which the older Greek used \kathupno•\.
Originally \aphupno•\ meant to waken from sleep, then to fall off
to sleep (possibly a medical use). This is the only passage which
speaks of the sleep of Jesus. Here only in the N.T. {Came down}
(\kateb•\). Second aorist active indicative of \katabain•\,
common verb. It was literally true. These wind storms (\lailaps\.
So also Mr 4:37) rushed from Hermon down through the Jordan
gorge upon the Sea of Galilee and shook it like a tempest (Mt
8:24). Mark's (Mr 4:37) vivid use of the dramatic present
\ginetai\ (ariseth) is not so precise as Luke's "came down." See
on ¯Mt 8:24. These sudden squalls were dangerous on this small
lake. {They were filling} (\sunepl•rounto\). Imperfect passive.
It was the boat that was being filled (Mr 4:37) and it is here
applied to the navigators as sailors sometimes spoke. An old
verb, but in the N.T. used only by Luke (8:23; 9:51; Ac 2:1).
{Were in jeopardy} (\ekinduneuon\). Imperfect active, vivid
description. Old verb, but in the N.T. only here, Ac 19:27; 1Co
15:30.
8:24 {Master, Master} (\Epistata, epistata\). See on ¯Lu 5:5 for
discussion. Mr 4:38 has {Teacher} (\Didaskale\), Mt 8:25 has
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