Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 8].
{Lord} (\Kurie\). The repetition here shows the uneasiness of the
disciples. {We perish} (\apollumetha\). So in Mr 4:38; Mt 8:25.
Linear present middle indicative, we are perishing. {The raging
of the water} (\t•i kludoni tou hudatos\). \Klud•n\, common Greek
word, is a boisterous surge, a violent agitation. Here only in
the N.T. save Jas 1:6. \Kuma\ (Mr 4:37) is the regular swell
or wave. A {calm} (\gal•n•\). Only in the parallels in the N.T.,
though common word. Here Mr 4:39; Mt 8:26 add {great}
(\megal•\). {That} (\hoti\). This use of \hoti\ as explanatory of
the demonstrative pronoun \houtos\ occurs in the parallels Mr
4:36; Mt 8:27 and also in Lu 4:36. It is almost result. {He
commandeth} (\epitassei\). Peculiar to Luke.
8:26 {They arrived} (\katepleusan\). First aorist active
indicative of \kataple•\, common verb, but here only in the N.T.
Literally, {they sailed down} from the sea to the land, the
opposite of {launched forth} (\an•chth•san\) of verse 22. So we
today use like nautical terms, to bear up, to bear down. {The
Gerasenes} (\ton Geras•n•n\). This is the correct text here as in
Mr 5:1 while Gadarenes is correct in Mt 8:28. See there for
explanation of this famous discrepancy, now cleared up by
Thomson's discovery of Khersa (\Gersa\) on the steep eastern bank
and in the vicinity of Gadara. {Over against Galilee} (\antipera
t•s Galilaias\). Only here in the N.T. The later Greek form is
\antiperan\ (Polybius, etc.). Some MSS. here have \peran\ like
Mr 5:1; Mt 8:28.
8:27 {And for a long time} (\kai chron•i hikan•i\). The use of
the associative instrumental case in expressions of time is a
very old Greek idiom that still appears in the papyri (Robertson,
_Grammar_, p. 527). {He had worn no clothes} (\ouk enedusato
himation\). First aorist middle indicative, constative aorist,
viewing the "long time" as a point. Not pluperfect as English has
it and not for the pluperfect, simply "and for a long time he did
not put on himself (indirect middle) any clothing." The physician
would naturally note this item. Common verb \endu•\ or \endun•\.
This item in Luke alone, though implied by Mr 5:15 "clothed"
(\himatismenon\). {And abode not in any house} (\kai en oiki•i
ouk emenen\). Imperfect active. Peculiar to Luke, though implied
by the mention of tombs in all three (Mr 5:3; Mt 8:28; Lu
8:27).
8:28 {Fell down} (\prosepesen\). Second aorist active of
\prospipt•\, to fall forward, towards, prostrate before one as
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