Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 9].
indirect assertion, a common Greek idiom. Mt 16:13 for "I" has
"the Son of man" as identical in the consciousness of Christ. The
various opinions of men about Jesus here run parallel to the
rumours heard by Herod (verses 8,9).
9:20 {But who say ye?} (\Humeis de tina legete;\). Note the
emphatic proleptical position of \humeis\: "But _ye_ who do ye
say? This is really what mattered now with Jesus. {The Christ of
God} (\Ton christon tou theou\). The accusative though the
infinitive is not expressed. The Anointed of God, the Messiah of
God. See on ¯2:26 for "the Anointed of the Lord." See on ¯Mt
16:17 for discussion of Peter's testimony in full. Mr 6:29 has
simply "the Christ." It is clear from the previous narrative that
this is not a new discovery from Simon Peter, but simply the
settled conviction of the disciples after all the defections of
the Galilean masses and the hostility of the Jerusalem
ecclesiastics. The disciples still believed in Jesus as the
Messiah of Jewish hope and prophecy. It will become plain that
they do not grasp the spiritual conception of the Messiah and his
kingdom that Jesus taught, but they are clear that he is the
Messiah however faulty their view of the Messiah may be. There
was comfort in this for Jesus. They were loyal to him.
9:21 {To tell this to no man} (\m•deni legein touto\). Indirect
command with the negative infinitive after {commanded}
(\par•ggeilen\). It had been necessary for Jesus to cease using
the word {Messiah} (\Christos\) about himself because of the
political meaning to the Jews. Its use by the disciples would
lead to revolution as was plain after the feeding of the five
thousand (Joh 6:15).
9:22 {Rejected} (\apodokimasth•nai\). First aorist passive
infinitive of \apodokimaz•\, to reject after trial. {The third
day} (\t•i trit•i h•mer•i\). Locative case of time as in Mt
16:21. Here in the parallel passage Mr 8:31 has "after three
days" (\meta treis h•meras\) in precisely the same sense. That is
to say, "after three days" is just a free way of saying "on the
third day" and cannot mean "on the fourth day" if taken too
literally. For discussion of this plain prediction of the death
of Christ with various details see discussion on Mt 16:21; Mr
8:31. It was a melancholy outlook that depressed the disciples
as Mark and Matthew show in the protest of Peter and his rebuke.
9:23 {He said unto all} (\elegen de pros pantas\). This is like
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