Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 14].
thousand. See this so-called instrumental use of \en\ in Jude
1:14. Equipped in or with ten thousand. See Lu 1:17. Note
\meta eikosi chiliad•n\ just below (midst of twenty thousand).
{To meet} (\hupant•sai\). Common verb (like \apanta•\) from
\anta•\ (\anta\, end, face to face, from which \anti\) with
preposition \hupo\ (or \apo\), to go to meet. Here it has a
military meaning.
14:32 {Or else} (\ei de m•ge\). Same idiom in 5:36. Luke is
fond of this formula. {An ambassage} (\presbeian\). Old and
common word for the office of ambassador, composed of old men
(\presbeis\) like Japanese Elder Statesmen who are supposed to
possess wisdom. In the N.T. only here and Lu 19:14. {Asketh
conditions of peace} (\er•t•i pros eir•n•n\). The use of \er•ta•\
in this sense of beg or petition is common in the papyri and
_Koin•_ generally. The original use of asking a question survives
also. The text is uncertain concerning \pros eir•n•n\ which means
with \er•ta•\, to ask negotiations for peace. In B we have \eis\
instead of \pros\ like verse 28. Most MSS. have \ta\ before
\pros\ or \eis\, but not in Aleph and B. It is possible that the
\ta\ was omitted because of preceding \tai\ (\homoeoteleuton\),
but the sense is the same. See Ro 14:19 \ta t•s eir•n•s\, the
things of peace, which concern or look towards peace, the
preliminaries of peace.
14:33 {Renounceth not} (\ouk apotassetai\). Old Greek word to set
apart as in a military camp, then in the middle voice to separate
oneself from, say good-bye to (Lu 9:61), to renounce, forsake,
as here. {All that he hath} (\pasin tois heautou huparchousin\).
Dative case, says good-bye to all his property, "all his own
belongings" (neuter plural participle used as substantive) as
named in verse 26. This verse gives the principle in the two
parables of the rash builder and of the rash king. The minor
details do not matter. The spirit of self-sacrifice is the point.
14:35 {Dunghill} (\koprian\). Later word in the _Koin•_
vernacular. Here only in the N.T., though in the LXX. {Men cast
it out} (\ex• ballousin auto\). Impersonal plural. This saying
about salt is another of Christ's repeated sayings (Mt 5:13; Mr
9:50). Another repeated saying is the one here about having ears
to hear (Lu 8:8; 14:35, Mt 11:15; 13:43).
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