Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 10].
participle of \ephist•mi\, an old verb to place upon, but in the
N.T. only in the middle voice or the intransitive tenses of the
active (perfect and second aorist as here). It is the ingressive
aorist here and really means. stepping up to or bursting in or
upon Jesus. It is an explosive act as is the speech of Martha.
{Dost thou not care} (\ou melei soi\). This was a reproach to
Jesus for monopolizing Mary to Martha's hurt. {Did leave me} (\me
kateleipen\). Imperfect active, she kept on leaving me. {Bid her}
(\eipon aut•i\). Late form instead of \eipe\, second aorist
active imperative, common in the papyri. Martha feels that Jesus
is the key to Mary's help. {That she help me} (\hina moi
sunantilab•tai\). Sub-final use of \hina\ with second aorist
middle subjunctive of \sunantilambanomai\, a double compound verb
(\sun\, with, \anti\, at her end of the line, and \lambanomai\,
middle voice of \lamban•\, to take hold), a late compound
appearing in the LXX, Diodorus and Josephus. Deissmann (_Light
from the Ancient East_, p. 87) finds it in many widely scattered
inscriptions "throughout the whole extent of the Hellenistic
world of the Mediterranean." It appears only twice in the N.T.
(here and Ro 8:26). It is a beautiful word, to take hold
oneself (middle voice) at his end of the task (\anti\) together
with (\sun\) one.
10:41 {Art anxious} (\merimn•is\). An old verb for worry and
anxiety from \meriz•\ (\meris\, part) to be divided, distracted.
Jesus had warned against this in the Sermon on the Mount (Mt
6:25,28,31,34. See also Lu 12:11,22,26). {And troubled} (\kai
thorubaz•i\). From \thorubazomai\, a verb found nowhere else so
far. Many MSS. here have the usual form \turbaz•i\, from
\turbaz•\. Apparently from \thorubos\, a common enough word for
tumult. Martha had both inward anxiety and outward agitation.
{But one thing is needful} (\henos de estin chreia\). This is the
reading of A C and may be correct. A few manuscripts have: "There
is need of few things." Aleph B L (and Westcott and Hort) have:
"There is need of few things or one," which seems like a conflate
reading though the readings are all old. See Robertson,
_Introduction to Textual Criticism of the N.T._, p. 190. Jesus
seems to say to Martha that only one dish was really necessary
for the meal instead of the "many" about which she was so
anxious.
10:42 {The good portion} (\t•n agath•n merida\). The best dish on
the table, fellowship with Jesus. This is the spiritual
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