Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 17].
person singular, the uncontracted forms \-esai\ as often in the
_Koin•_. These futures are from the aorist stems \ephagon\ and
\epion\ without _sigma_.
17:9 {Does he thank?} (\m• echei charin;\). \M•\ expects the
negative answer. \Ech• charin\, to have gratitude toward one, is
an old Greek idiom (1Ti 1:12; 2Ti 1:3; Heb 12:28).
17:10 {Unprofitable} (\achreioi\). The Syriac Sinaitic omits
"unprofitable." The word is common in Greek literature, but in
the N.T. only here and Mt 25:30 where it means "useless" (\a\
privative and \chreios\ from \chraomai\, to use). The slave who
only does what he is commanded by his master to do has gained no
merit or credit. "In point of fact it is not commands, but
demands we have to deal with, arising out of special emergencies"
(Bruce). The slavish spirit gains no promotion in business life
or in the kingdom of God.
17:11 {Through the midst of Samaria and Galilee} (\dia meson
Samarias kai Galilaias\). This is the only instance in the N.T.
of \dia\ with the accusative in the local sense of "through."
Xenophon and Plato use \dia mesou\ (genitive). Jesus was going
from Ephraim (Joh 11:54) north through the midst of Samaria and
Galilee so as to cross over the Jordan near Bethshean and join
the Galilean caravan down through Perea to Jerusalem. The
Samaritans did not object to people going north away from
Jerusalem, but did not like to see them going south towards the
city (Lu 9:51-56).
17:12 {Which stood afar off} (\hoi anest•san porr•then\). The
margin of Westcott and Hort reads simply \est•san\. The compound
read by B means "rose up," but they stood at a distance (Le
13:45f.). The first healing of a leper (5:12-16) like this is
given by Luke only.
17:13 {Lifted up} (\•ran\). First aorist active of the liquid
verb \air•\.
17:14 {As they went} (\en t•i hupagein autous\). Favourite Lukan
idiom of \en\ with articular infinitive as in 17:11 and often.
17:16 {And he was a Samaritan} (\kai autos •n Samareit•s\). This
touch colours the whole incident. The one man who felt grateful
enough to come back and thank Jesus for the blessing was a
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