Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 10].
and delay. The King's business required haste. Elisha's servant
was not to tarry for salutations or salaams (2Ki 4:29). These
oriental greetings were tedious, complicated, and often
meddlesome if others were present or engaged in a bargain.
10:5 {First say} (\pr•ton legete\). Say first. The adverb
\pr•ton\ can be construed with "enter" (\eiselth•te\), but
probably with \legete\ is right. The word spoken is the usual
oriental salutation.
10:6 {A son of peace} (\huios eir•n•s\). A Hebraism, though some
examples occur in the vernacular _Koin•_ papyri. It means one
inclined to peace, describing the head of the household. {Shall
rest} (\epanapa•setai\). Second future passive of \epanapau•\, a
late double compound (\epi, ana\) of the common verb \pau•\. {It
shall turn to you again} (\eph' hum•s anakampsei\). Common verb
\anakampt•\, to bend back, return. The peace in that case will
bend back with blessing upon the one who spoke it.
10:7 {In that same house} (\en aut•i t•i oiki•i\). Literally, in
the house itself, not "in the same house" (\en t•i aut•i
oiki•i\), a different construction. A free rendering of the
common Lukan idiom is, "in that very house." {Eating}
(\esthontes\). An old poetic verb \esth•\ for \esthi•\ that
survives in late Greek. {Such things as they give} (\ta par'
aut•n\). "The things from them." {For the labourer is worthy of
his hire} (\axios gar ho ergat•s tou misthou autou\). In Mt
10:10 we have \t•s troph•s autou\ (his food). 1Ti 5:18 has
this saying quoted as scripture. That is not impossible if Luke
wrote by A.D. 62. Paul there however may quote only De 25:4 as
scripture and get this quotation either from Lu 10:7 or from a
proverbial saying of Jesus. It is certainly not a real objection
against the Pauline authorship of First Timothy. {Go not from
house to house} (\m• metabainete ex oikias eis oikian\). As a
habit, \m•\ and the present imperative, and so avoid waste of
time with such rounds of invitations as would come.
10:8 {Such things as are set before you} (\ta paratithemena
humin\). The things placed before you from time to time (present
passive participle, repetition). Every preacher needs this lesson
of common politeness. These directions may seem perfunctory and
even commonplace, but every teacher of young preachers knows how
necessary they are. Hence they were given both to the Twelve and
to the Seventy.
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