Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 11].
11:53 {From thence} (\k'akeithen\). Out of the Pharisee's house.
What became of the breakfast we are not told, but the rage of
both Pharisees and lawyers knew no bounds. {To press upon him}
(\enechein\). An old Greek verb to hold in, to be enraged at, to
have it in for one. It is the same verb used of the relentless
hatred of Herodias for John the Baptist (Mr 6:19). {To provoke
him to speak} (\apostomatizein\). From \apo\ and \stoma\ (mouth).
Plato uses it of repeating to a pupil for him to recite from
memory, then to recite by heart (Plutarch). Here (alone in the
N.T.) the verb means to ply with questions, to entice to answers,
to catechize. {Of many things} (\peri pleion•n\). "Concerning
more (comparative) things." They were stung to the quick by these
woes which laid bare their hollow hypocrisy.
11:54 {Laying wait for him} (\enedreuontes auton\). An old verb
from \en\ and \hedra\, a seat, so to lie in ambush for one. Here
only and Ac 23:21 in the N.T. Vivid picture of the anger of
these rabbis who were treating Jesus as if he were a beast of
prey. {To catch something out of his mouth} (\th•reusai to ek tou
stomatos autou\). An old Greek verb, though here only in the
N.T., from \th•ra\ (cf. Ro 11:9), to ensnare, to catch in
hunting, to hunt. These graphic words from the chase show the
rage of the rabbis toward Jesus. Luke gives more details here
than in 20:45-47; Mt 23:1-7, but there is no reason at all why
Jesus should not have had this conflict at the Pharisee's
breakfast before that in the temple in the great Tuesday debate.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Luke: Chapter 11)