Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 12]
south wind (\noton\) blowing, "fair weather" (\eudia\, Mt 16:2)
when the sky is red, are appealed to today. They have a more or
less general application due to atmospheric and climatic
conditions.
12:56 {To interpret this time} (\ton kairon touton dokimazein\).
To test \dokimazein\ as spiritual chemists. No wonder that Jesus
here calls them "hypocrites" because of their blindness when
looking at and hearing him. So it is today with those who are
willfully blind to the steps of God among men. This ignorance of
the signs of the times is colossal.
12:57 {Even of yourselves} (\kai aph' heaut•n\). Without the
presence and teaching of Jesus they had light enough to tell what
is right (\to dikaion\) and so without excuse as Paul argued in
Ro 1-3.
12:58 {Give diligence to be quit of him} (\dos ergasian
ap•llachthai ap' autou\). Second aorist active imperative \dos\
from \did•mi\. \Ap•llachthai\, perfect passive infinitive of
\apallass•\ an old verb common, but only twice in the N.T. (here
and Ac 19:12). Used here in a legal sense and the tense
emphasizes a state of completion, to be rid of him for good.
{Hale thee} (\katasur•i\). Drag down forcibly, old verb, only
here in the N.T. {To the officer} (\t•i praktori\). The doer, the
proctor, the exactor of fines, the executor of punishment. Old
word, only here in the N.T.
12:59 {Till thou have paid} (\he•s apod•is\). Second aorist
active subjunctive of \apodid•mi\, to pay back in full. {The last
mite} (\to eschaton lepton\). From \lep•\, to peel off the bark.
Very small brass coin, one-eighth of an ounce. In the N.T. only
here and Lu 21:2; Mr 12:42 (the poor widow's mite) which see.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Luke: Chapter 12)