Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 10].
10:9 {Is come nigh unto you} (\•ggiken eph' hum•s\). Perfect
active indicative of \eggiz•\ as in Mt 3:2 of the Baptist and
Mr 1:15 of Jesus. Note \eph' hum•s\ here.
10:10 {Into the streets thereof} (\eis tas plateias aut•s\). Out
of the inhospitable houses into the broad open streets.
10:11 {Even the dust} (\kai ton koniorton\). Old word from
\konis\, dust, and \ornumi\, to stir up. We have seen it already
in Mt 10:14; Lu 9:5. Dust is a plague in the east. Shake off
even that. {Cleaveth} (\koll•thenta\). First aorist passive
participle of \kolla•\, to cling as dust and mud do to shoes.
Hence the orientals took off the sandals on entering a house. {We
wipe off} (\apomassometha\). Middle voice of an old verb
\apomass•\, to rub off with the hands. Nowhere else in the N.T.
But \ekmass•\, occurs in Lu 7:38,44. {Against you} (\Humin\).
Fine example of the dative of disadvantage (the case of personal
interest, the dative).
10:12 {More tolerable} (\anektoteron\). Comparative of the verbal
adjective \anektos\ from \anechomai\. An old adjective, but only
the comparative in the N.T. and in this phrase (Mt 10:15;
11:22,24; Lu 10:12,14).
10:13 {Would have repented} (\an meteno•san\). Conclusion
(apodosis) of second-class condition, determined as unfulfilled.
{Long ago} (\palai\). Implies a considerable ministry in these
cities of which we are not told. Chorazin not mentioned save here
and Mt 11:21. Perhaps \Kar•zeh\ near Tell Hum (Capernaum).
{Sitting in sackcloth and ashes} (\en sakk•i kai spodoi
kath•menoi\). Pictorial and graphic. The \sakkos\ (sackcloth) was
dark coarse cloth made of goat's hair and worn by penitents,
mourners, suppliants. It is a Hebrew word, _sag_. The rough cloth
was used for sacks or bags. To cover oneself with ashes was a
mode of punishment as well as of voluntary humiliation.
10:15 {Shalt thou be exalted?} (\m• hups•th•s•i;\). \M•\ expects
the answer No. The verb is future passive indicative second
singular of \hupso•\, to lift up, a late verb from \hupsos\,
height. It is used by Jesus of the Cross (Joh 12:32). {Unto
Hades} (\he•s Haidou\). See on ¯Mt 16:18 for this word which is
here in contrast to Heaven as in Isa 14:13-15. Hades is not
Gehenna. "The desolation of the whole neighbourhood, and the
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