Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 9].
conjunction is usually \ean\ (with negative \ean m•\), but not
always or necessarily so especially in the _Koin•_. So in 1Co
14:5 \ei m• dierm•neu•i\ and in Php 3:12 \ei kai katalab•\.
"Unless" is better here than "except." {Food} (\br•mata\), means
eaten pieces from \bibr•sk•\, to eat, somewhat like our "edibles"
or vernacular "eats."
9:14 {About} (\h•sei\). Luke as Mt 14:21 adds this word to the
definite statement of Mr 6:44 that there were 5,000 men, a
hundred companies of fifty each. {Sit down} (\kataklinate\).
First aorist active imperative. Recline, lie down. Only in Luke
in the N.T. See also verse 15. {In companies} (\klisias\).
Cognate accusative after {kataklinate}. Only here in the N.T. A
row of persons reclining at meals (table company). {About fifty
each} (\h•sei ana pent•konta\). Distributive use of \ana\ and
approximate number again (\h•sei\).
9:16 {The five ... the two} (\tous pente ... tous duo\). Pointing
back to verse 13, fine example of the Greek article. {And gave}
(\kai edidou\). Imperfect active of \did•mi\, kept on giving.
This picturesque imperfect is preceded by the aorist \kateklasen\
(brake), a single act. This latter verb in the N.T. only here and
the parallel in Mr 6:41, though common enough in ancient Greek.
We say "break off" where here the Greek has "break down" (or
thoroughly), perfective use of \kata\.
9:17 {Twelve baskets} (\kophinoi d•deka\). For discussion of
\kophonoi\ and \sphurides\ as well as of \klasmata\ (broken
pieces) see on ¯Mr 6:43; Mt 14:20.
9:18 {As he was praying} (\en t•i einai auton proseuchomenon\).
Common Lukan idiom of \en\ with the articular infinitive for a
temporal clause, only here Luke has the periphrastic infinitive
(\einai proseuchomenon\) as also in 11:1. This item about
Christ's praying alone in Luke. {Alone} (\kata monas\). In the
N.T. only here and Mr 4:10. Perhaps \ch•ras\ (places) is to be
supplied with \monas\ (lonely places). {Were with him} (\sun•san
aut•i\). This seems like a contradiction unless "alone" is to be
taken with \sun•san\. Westcott and Hort put \sun•nt•san\ in the
margin. This would mean that as Jesus was praying alone, the
disciples fell in with him. At any rate he was praying apart from
them.
9:19 {That I am} (\me einai\). Accusative and infinitive in
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