Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 16]
is a yellowed flax from which fine linen was made for
undergarments. It was used for wrapping mummies. "Some of the
Egyptian linen was so fine that it was called _woven air_"
(Vincent). Here only in the N.T. for the adjective \bussinos\
occurs in Re 18:12; 19:8,14. {Faring sumptuously}
(\euphrainomenos lampr•s\). {Making merry brilliantly}. The verb
\euphrainomai\ we have already had in 12:19; 15:23,25,32.
\Lampr•s\ is an old adverb from \lampros\, brilliant, shining,
splendid, magnificent. It occurs here only in the N.T. This
parable apparently was meant for the Pharisees (verse 14) who
were lovers of money. It shows the wrong use of money and
opportunity.
16:20 {Beggar} (\pt•chos\). Original meaning of this old word.
See on ¯Mt 5:3. The name Lazarus is from \Eleazaros\, "God a
help," and was a common one. _Lazar_ in English means one
afflicted with a pestilential disease. {Was laid} (\ebebl•to\).
Past perfect passive of the common verb \ball•\. He had been
flung there and was still there, "as if contemptuous roughness is
implied" (Plummer). {At his gate} (\pros ton pul•na autou\).
Right in front of the large portico or gateway, not necessarily a
part of the grand house, porch in Mt 26:71. {Full of sores}
(\heilk•menos\). Perfect passive participle of \helko•\, to make
sore, to ulcerate, from \helkos\, ulcer (Latin _ulcus_). See use
of \helkos\ in verse 21. Common in Hippocrates and other
medical writers. Here only in the N.T.
16:21 {With the crumbs that fell} (\apo t•n piptont•n\). From the
things that fell from time to time. The language reminds one of
Lu 15:16 (the prodigal son) and the Syro-Phoenician woman (Mr
7:28). Only it does not follow that this beggar did not get the
scraps from the rich man's table. Probably he did, though nothing
more. Even the wild street dogs would get them also. {Yea, even
the dogs} (\alla kai hoi kunes\). For \alla kai\ see also 12:7;
24:22. \Alla\ can mean "yea," though it often means "but." Here
it depends on how one construes Luke's meaning. If he means that
he was dependent on casual scraps and it was so bad that even the
wild dogs moreover were his companions in misery, the climax came
that he was able to drive away the dogs. The other view is that
his hunger was unsatisfied, but even the dogs increased his
misery. {Licked his sores} (\epeleichon ta helk• autou\).
Imperfect active of \epileich•\, a late vernacular _Koin•_ verb,
to lick over the surface. It is not clear whether the licking of
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