Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 12]
12:24 {The ravens} (\tous korakas\). Nowhere else in the N.T. The
name includes the whole crow group of birds (rooks and jackdaws).
Like the vultures they are scavengers. Mt 6:26 has simply "the
birds" (\ta peteina\). {Storechamber} (tameion). Not in Mt
6:26. Means secret chamber in Lu 12:3. {Of how much more}
(\pos•i m•llon\). Mt 6:26 has question, \ouch m•llon\.
12:25 {A cubit} (\p•chun\). Mt 6:27 has \p•chun hena\ (one
cubit, though \hena\ is sometimes merely the indefinite article.
{Stature} (\h•likian\) as in Matthew, which see.
12:26 {Not able to do even that which is least} (\oude elachiston
dunasthe\). Negative \oude\ in the condition of the first class.
Elative superlative, very small. This verse not in Matthew and
omitted in D. Verse 27 as in Mt 6:28, save that the verbs for
toil and spin are plural in Matthew and singular here (neuter
plural subject, \ta krina\).
12:28 {Clothe} (\amphiazei\). Late Greek verb in the _Koin•_
(papyri) for the older form \amphiennumi\ (Mt 6:30). See
Matthew for discussion of details. Matthew has "the grass of the
field" instead of "the grass in the field" as here.
12:29 {Seek not ye} (\humeis m• z•teite\). Note emphatic position
of "ye" (\humeis\). Stop seeking (\m•\ and present imperative
active). Mt 6:31 has: "Do not become anxious" (\m•
merimn•s•te\), \m•\ and ingressive subjunctive occur as direct
questions (What are we to eat? What are we to drink? What are we
to put on?) whereas here they are in the indirect form as in
verse 22 save that the problem of clothing is not here
mentioned: {Neither be ye of doubtful mind} (\kai m•
mete•rizesthe\). \M•\ and present passive imperative (stop being
anxious) of \mete•riz•\. An old verb from \mete•ros\ in midair,
high (our meteor), to lift up on high, then to lift oneself up
with hopes (false sometimes), to be buoyed up, to be tossed like
a ship at sea, to be anxious, to be in doubt as in late writers
(Polybius, Josephus). This last meaning is probably true here. In
the LXX and Philo, but here only in the N.T.
12:31 See Mt 6:33 for this verse. Luke does not have "first"
nor "his righteousness" nor "all."
12:32 {Little flock} (\to mikron poimnion\). Vocative with the
article as used in Hebrew and often in the _Koin•_ and so in the
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