Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 17].
17:3 {If thy brother sin} (\ean hamart•i\). Second aorist
(ingressive) subjunctive in condition of third class.
17:4 {Seven times in a day} (\heptakis t•s h•meras\). Seven times
within the day. On another occasion Peter's question (Mt 18:21)
brought Christ's answer "seventy times seven" (verse 22), which
see. Seven times during the day would be hard enough for the same
offender.
17:5 {Increase} (\prosthes\). Second aorist active imperative of
\prostith•mi\, to add to. Bruce thinks that this sounds much like
the stereotyped petition in church prayers. A little reflection
will show that they should answer the prayer themselves.
17:6 {If ye have} (\ei echete\). Condition of the first class,
assumed to be true. {Ye would say} (\elegete an\). Imperfect
active with \an\ and so a conclusion (apodosis) of the second
class, determined as unfulfilled, a mixed condition therefore.
{Sycamine tree} (\sukamin•i\). At the present time both the black
mulberry (sycamine) and the white mulberry (sycamore) exist in
Palestine. Luke alone in the N.T. uses either word, the sycamine
here, the sycamore in 19:4. The distinction is not observed in
the LXX, but it is observed in the late Greek medical writers for
both trees have medicinal properties. Hence it may be assumed
that Luke, as a physician, makes the distinction. Both trees
differ from the English sycamore. In Mt 17:20 we have
"mountain" in place of "sycamine tree." {Be thou rooted up}
(\ekriz•th•ti\). First aorist passive imperative as is
\phuteuth•ti\. {Would have obeyed} (\hup•kousen an\). First
aorist active indicative with \an\, apodosis of a second-class
condition (note aorist tense here, imperfect \elegete\).
17:7 {Sit down to meat} (\anapese\). Recline (for the meal).
Literally, fall up (or back).
17:8 {And will not rather say} (\all' ouk erei\). {But will not
say?} \Ouk\ in a question expects the affirmative answer. {Gird
thyself} (\periz•samenos\). Direct middle first aorist participle
of \periz•nnumi\, to gird around. {Till I have eaten and drunken}
(\he•s phag• kai pi•\). More exactly, till I eat and drink. The
second aorist subjunctives are not future perfects in any sense,
simply punctiliar action, effective aorist. {Thou shalt eat and
drink} (\phagesai kai piesai\). Future middle indicative second
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