Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 11].
likely that he so describes himself here. Probably he means that
God in his wisdom said, but even so "Jesus here speaks with
confident knowledge of the Divine counsels" (Plummer). See Lu
10:22; 15:7,10. Here the future tense occurs, "I will send"
(\apostel•\). {Some of them} (\ex aut•n\). No "some" (\tinas\) in
the Greek, but understood. They will act as their fathers did.
They will kill and persecute.
11:50 {That ... may be required} (\hina ... ekz•t•th•i\).
Divinely ordered sequence, first aorist passive subjunctive of
\ekz•te•\, a late and rare verb outside of LXX and N.T.,
requiring as a debt the blood of the prophets. {Which was shed}
(\to ekkechumenon\). Perfect passive participle of \ekche•\ and
\ekchunn•\ (an Aeolic form appearing in the margin of Westcott
and Hort here, \ekchunnomenon\, present passive participle). If
the present passive is accepted, it means the blood which is
perpetually shed from time to time. {From the foundation of the
world} (\apo katabol•s kosmou\). See also Mt 25:34; Joh 17:24;
Eph 1:4, etc. It is a bold metaphor for the purpose of God.
11:51 {From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah} (\apo
haimatos Abel he•s haimatos Zachariou\). The blood of Abel is the
first shed in the Old Testament (Ge 4:10), that of Zacharias
the last in the O.T. canon which ended with Chronicles (2Ch
24:22). Chronologically the murder of Uriah by Jehoiakim was
later (Jer 26:23), but this climax is from Genesis to II
Chronicles (the last book in the canon). See on ¯Mt 23:35 for
discussion of Zachariah as "the son of Barachiah" rather than
"the son of Jehoiada." {Between the altar and the sanctuary}
(\metaxu tou thusiast•riou kai tou oikou\). Literally, between
the altar and the house (Mt 23:35 has temple, \naou\).
11:52 {Ye took away the key of knowledge} (\•rate t•n kleida t•s
gn•se•s\). First aorist active indicative of \air•\, common verb.
But this is a flat charge of obscurantism on the part of these
scribes (lawyers), the teachers (rabbis) of the people. They
themselves (\autoi\) refused to go into the house of knowledge
(beautiful figure) and learn. They then locked the door and hid
the key to the house of knowledge and hindered (\ek•lusate\,
effective aorist active) those who were trying to enter (\tous
eiserchomenous\, present participle, conative action). It is the
most pitiful picture imaginable of blind ecclesiastics trying to
keep others as blind as they were, blind leaders of the blind,
both falling into the pit.
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