Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 12]
12:36 {When he shall return from the marriage feast} (\pote
analus•i ek t•n gam•n\). The interrogative conjunction \pote\ and
the deliberative aorist subjunctive retained in the indirect
question. The verb \analu•\, very common Greek verb, but only
twice in the N.T. (here and Php 1:23). The figure is breaking
up a camp or loosening the mooring of a ship, to depart. Perhaps
here the figure is from the standpoint of the wedding feast
(plural as used of a single wedding feast in Lu 14:8),
departing from there. See on ¯Mt 22:2. {When he cometh and
knocketh} (\elthontos kai krousantos\). Genitive absolute of the
aorist active participle without \autou\ and in spite of \autoi\
(dative) being used after \anoix•sin\ (first aorist active
subjunctive of \anoig•\).
12:37 {He shall gird himself} (\periz•setai\). Direct future
middle. Jesus did this (Joh 13:4), not out of gratitude, but to
give the apostles an object lesson in humility. See the usual
course in Lu 17:7-10 with also the direct middle (verse 8) of
\peris•nnu•\.
12:38 {And if} (\k'an = kai + ean\). Repeated. \Elth•i\ and
\heur•i\, both second aorist subjunctive with \ean\, condition of
the third class, undetermined, but with prospect of being
determined. {Blessed} (\makarioi\). Beatitude here as in verse
37.
12:39 {The thief} (\ho klept•s\). The change here almost makes a
new parable to illustrate the other, the parable of the
housebreaking (verses 39,40) to illustrate the parable of the
waiting servants (35-38). This same language appears in Mt
24:43f. "The Master returning from a wedding is replaced by a
thief whose study it is to come to the house he means to plunder
at an unexpected time" (Bruce). The parallel in Mt 24:43-51
with Lu 12:39-46 does not have the interruption by Peter. {He
would have watched} (\egr•gor•sen an\). Apodosis of second-class
condition, determined as unfulfilled, made plain by use of \an\
with aorist indicative which is not repeated with \ouk aph•ken\
(first aorist active indicative of \aphi•mi\, \k\ aorist), though
it is sometimes repeated (Mt 24:43).
12:40 {Be ye} (\ginesthe\). Present middle imperative, keep on
becoming. {Cometh} (\erchetai\). Futuristic present indicative.
See Mt 24:43-51 for details in the comparison with Luke.
http://www.ccel.org/r/robertson_at/wordpictures/htm/LU12.RWP.html (8 of 12) [28/08/2004 09:05:39 a.m.]