Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 17].
17:24 {Lighteneth} (\astraptousa\). An old and common verb,
though only here and 24:4 in the N.T. The second coming will be
sudden and universally visible. There are still some poor souls
who are waiting in Jerusalem under the delusion that Jesus will
come there and nowhere else.
17:25 {But first} (\pr•ton de\). The second coming will be only
after the Cross.
17:27 {They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in
marriage} (\•sthion, epinon, egamoun, egamizonto\). Imperfects
all of them vividly picturing the life of the time of Noah. But
the other tenses are aorists (Noah entered \eis•lthen\, the flood
came \•lthen\, destroyed \ap•lesen\).
17:28 Note the same sharp contrast between the imperfects here
({ate} \•sthion\, {drank} \epinon\, {bought} \•gorazon\, {sold}
\ep•loun\, {planted} \ephuteuon\, {builded} \•ikodomoun\) and the
aorists in verse 29 ({went out} \ex•lthen\, {rained} \ebrexen\,
{destroyed} \ap•lesen\).
17:30 {Is revealed} (\apokaluptetai\). Prophetic and futuristic
present passive indicative.
17:31 {Let him not go down} (\m• katabat•\). Second aorist active
imperative of \katabain•\ with \m•\ in a prohibition in the third
person singular. The usual idiom here would be \m•\ and the
aorist subjunctive. See Mr 13:15f.; Mt 24:17f. when these words
occur in the great eschatological discussion concerning flight
before the destruction of Jerusalem. Here the application is
"absolute indifference to all worldly interests as the attitude
of readiness for the Son of Man" (Plummer).
17:32 {Remember Lot's wife} (\mn•moneuete t•s gunaikos L•t\).
Here only in the N.T. A pertinent illustration to warn against
looking back with yearning after what has been left behind (Ge
19:26).
17:33 {Shall preserve it} (\z•ogon•sei aut•n\). Or save it alive.
Here only in the N.T. except 1Ti 6:13; Ac 7:19. It is a late
word and common in medical writers, to bring forth alive (\z•os,
gen•\) and here to keep alive.
17:34 {In that night} (\taut•i t•i nukti\). More vivid still, "on
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