Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 10].
But protection from physical harm is not the main point in this
struggle with Satan "the enemy" (Mt 13:25; Ro 16:20; 1Pe 5:8).
{Nothing shall in any wise hurt you} (\ouden hum•s ou m•
adik•sei\). Text has future active indicative, while some MSS.
read \adik•s•i\, aorist active subjunctive of \adike•\, common
verb from \adikos\ (\a\ privative and \dikos\), to suffer wrong,
to do wrong. The triple negative here is very strong. Certainly
Jesus does not mean this promise to create presumption or
foolhardiness for he repelled the enemy's suggestion on the
pinnacle of the temple.
10:20 {Are written} (\engegraptai\). Perfect passive indicative,
state of completion, stand written, enrolled or engraved, from
\engraph•\, common verb. "As citizens possessing the full
privileges of the commonwealth" (Plummer).
10:21 {In that same hour} (\en aut•i t•i h•r•i\). Literally, "at
the hour itself," almost a demonstrative use of \autos\
(Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 686) and in Luke alone in the N.T.
(2:38; 10:21; 12:12; 20:19). Mt 11:25 uses the demonstrative
here, "at that time" (\en ekein•i t•i kair•i\). {Rejoiced in the
Holy Spirit} (\•galliasato t•i pneumati t•i hagi•i\). First
aorist middle of the late verb \agallia•\ for \agall•\, to exult.
Always in the middle in the N.T. save Lu 1:47 in Mary's
_Magnificat_. This holy joy of Jesus was directly due to the Holy
Spirit. It is joy in the work of his followers, their victories
over Satan, and is akin to the joy felt by Jesus in Joh 4:32-38
when the vision of the harvest of the world stirred his heart.
The rest of this verse is precisely like Mt 11:25f., a
peculiarly Johannine passage in Matthew and Luke, but not in
Mark, and so from Q (the Logia of Jesus). It has disturbed
critics who are unwilling to admit the Johannine style and type
of teaching as genuine, but here it is. See on Matthew for
discussion. "That God had proved his independence of the human
intellect is a matter for thankfulness. Intellectual gifts, so
far from being necessary, are often a hindrance" (Plummer).
10:22 {Knoweth who the Son is} (\gin•skei tis estin ho huios\).
Knows by experience, \gin•skei\. Here Mt 11:27 has
\epigin•skei\ (fully knows) and simply \ton huion\ (the Son)
instead of the "who" (\tis\) clause. So also in "who the Father
is" (\tis estin ho pater\). But the same use and contrast of "the
Father," "the Son." in both Matthew and Luke, "an aerolite from
the Johannean heaven" (Hase). No sane criticism can get rid of
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