Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 15].
holds, but simply the form of the direct question retained in the
indirect. See the direct form as the apodosis of a condition of
the fourth class in Ac 17:18. In Ac 10:17 we have the
construction with \an ei•\ of the direct retained in the indirect
question. So also in Lu 1:62: See Robertson, _Grammar_, p.
1044.
15:27 {Is come} (\h•kei\). Present indicative active, but a stem
with perfect sense, old verb \h•k•\ retaining this use after
perfect tenses came into use (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 893).
{Hath killed} (\ethusen\). Aorist active indicative and literally
means, {did kill}. Difficult to handle in English for our tenses
do not correspond with the Greek. {Hath received} (\apelaben\).
Second aorist active indicative with similar difficulty of
translation. Note \apo\ in compositions, like _re-_ in "receive,"
hath gotten him back (\ap-\). {Safe and sound} (\hugiainonta\).
Present active participle of \hugiain•\ from \hugi•s\, to be in
good health. In spite of all that he has gone through and in
spite of the father's fears.
15:28 {But he was angry} (\•rgisth•\). First aorist (ingressive)
passive indicative. But he became angry, he flew into a rage
(\org•\). This was the explosion as the result of long resentment
towards the wayward brother and suspicion of the father's
partiality for the erring son. {Would not go in} (\ouk •thelen
eiselthein\). Imperfect tense (was not willing, refused) and
aorist active (ingressive) infinitive. {Entreated} (\parekalei\).
Imperfect tense, he kept on beseeching him.
15:29 {Do I serve thee} (\douleu• soi\). Progressive present
tense of this old verb from \doulos\ (slave) which the elder son
uses to picture his virtual slavery in staying at home and
perhaps with longings to follow the younger son (Robertson,
_Grammar_, p. 879). {Transgressed} (\par•lthon\). Second aorist
active indicative of \parerchomai\, to pass by. Not even once
(aorist) in contrast with so many years of service (linear
present). {A kid} (\eriphon\). Some MSS. have \eriphion\,
diminutive, a little kid. So margin of Westcott and Hort. B has
it also in Mt 25:32, the only other N.T. passage where the word
occurs. {That I might make merry} (\hina euphranth•\). Final
clause, first aorist passive subjunctive of the same verb used in
verses 23,25.
15:30 {This thy son} (\ho huios sou houtos\). Contempt and
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