Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 12]
N.T. See both \pater\ and \ho pat•r\ in the vocative in Lu
10:21. See Robertson, _Grammar_, pp. 465f. \Poimnion\ (flock) is
a contraction from \poimenion\ from \poim•n\ (shepherd) instead
of the usual \poimn•\ (flock). So it is not a diminutive and
\mikron\ is not superfluous, though it is pathetic. {For it is
your Father's good pleasure} (\hoti eudok•sen ho pat•r hum•n\).
First aorist active indicative of \eudoke•\. Timeless aorist as
in Lu 3:22. This verse has no parallel in Matthew.
12:33 {Sell that ye have} (\P•l•sate ta huparchonta hum•n\). Not
in Matthew. Did Jesus mean this literally and always? Luke has
been charged with Ebionism, but Jesus does not condemn property
as inherently sinful. "The attempt to keep the letter of the rule
here given (Ac 2:44,45) had disastrous effects on the church of
Jerusalem, which speedily became a church of paupers, constantly
in need of alms (Ro 15:25,26; 1Co 16:3; 2Co 8:4; 9:1)"
(Plummer). {Purses which wax not old} (\ballantia m•
palaioumena\). So already \ballantion\ in Lu 10:4. Late verb
\palaio•\ from \palaios\, old, to make old, declare old as in
Heb 8:13, is passive to become old as here and Heb 1:11.
{That faileth not} (\anekleipton\). Verbal from \a\ privative and
\ekleip•\, to fail. Late word in Diodorus and Plutarch. Only here
in the N.T. or LXX, but in papyri. "I prefer to believe that even
Luke sees in the words not a mechanical rule, but a law for the
spirit" (Bruce). {Draweth near} (\eggizei\). Instead of Mt 6:19
"dig through and steal." {Destroyeth} (\diaphtheirei\). Instead
of "doth consume" in Mt 6:19.
12:34 {Will be} (\estai\). Last word in the sentence in Luke.
Otherwise like Mt 6:21. See 1Co 7:32-34 for similar
principle.
12:35 {Be girded about} (\est•san periez•smenai\). Periphrastic
perfect passive imperative third plural of the verb \periz•nnumi\
or \periz•nnu•\ (later form), an old verb, to gird around, to
fasten the garments with a girdle. The long garments of the
orientals made speed difficult. It was important to use the
girdle before starting. Cf. 17:8; Ac 12:8. {Burning}
(\kaiomenoi\). Periphrastic present middle imperative, already
burning and continuously burning. The same point of the Parable
of the Ten Virgins (Mt 25:1-13) is found here in condensed
form. This verse introduces the parable of the waiting servants
(Lu 12:35-40).
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