Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 12]
12:3 {In the inner chambers} (\en tois tameiois\). Old form
\tamieion\, a store chamber (Lu 12:24), secret room (Mt 6:6;
Lu 12:3).
12:4 {Unto you my friends} (\humin tois philois\). As opposed to
the Pharisees and lawyers in 11:43,46,53. {Be not afraid of}
(\m• phob•th•te apo\). First aorist passive subjunctive with
\m•\, ingressive aorist, do not become afraid of, with \apo\ and
the ablative like the Hebrew _min_ and the English "be afraid
of," a translation Hebraism as in Mt 10:28 (Moulton,
_Prolegomena_, p. 102). {Have no more that they can do} (\m•
echont•n perissoteron ti poi•sai\). Luke often uses the
infinitive thus with \ech•\, a classic idiom (7:40,42; 12:4,50;
14:14; Ac 4:14, etc.).
12:5 {Whom ye shall fear} (\tina phob•th•te\). First aorist
passive subjunctive deliberative retained in the indirect
question. \Tina\ is the accusative, the direct object of this
transitive passive verb (note \apo\ in verse 4). {Fear him who}
(\phob•th•te ton\). First aorist passive imperative, differing
from the preceding form only in the accent and governing the
accusative also. {After he hath killed} (\meta to apokteinai\).
Preposition \meta\ with the articular infinitive. Literally,
"After the killing" (first aorist active infinitive of the common
verb \apoktein•\, to kill. {Into hell} (\eis t•n geennan\). See
on ¯Mt 5:22. Gehenna is a transliteration of _Ge-Hinnom_, Valley
of Hinnon where the children were thrown on to the red-hot arms
of Molech. Josiah (2Ki 23:10) abolished these abominations and
then it was a place for all kinds of refuse which burned
ceaselessly and became a symbol of punishment in the other world.
{This one fear} (\touton phob•th•te\). As above.
12:6 {Is forgotten} (\estin epilel•smenon\). Periphrastic perfect
passive indicative of \epilanthanomai\, common verb to forget.
See Mt 10:29 for a different construction.
12:7 {Numbered} (\•rithm•ntai\). Perfect passive indicative.
Periphrastic form in Mt 10:30 which see for details about
sparrows, etc.
12:8 {Everyone who shall confess me} (\pas hos an homolog•sei en
emoi\). Just like Mt 10:32 except the use of \an\ here which
adds nothing. The Hebraistic use of \en\ after \homologe•\ both
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