Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 19].
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19:1 {Was passing through} (\di•rcheto\). Imperfect middle. Now
Jesus was inside the Roman Jericho with the procession.
19:2 {Chief publican} (\architel•n•s\). The word occurs nowhere
else apparently but the meaning is clear from the other words
with \archi-\ like \archiereus\ (chief priest) \archipoim•n\
(chief shepherd). Jericho was an important trading point for
balsam and other things and so Zacchaeus was the head of the tax
collections in this region, a sort of commissioner of taxes who
probably had other publicans serving under him.
19:3 {He sought} (\ez•tei\). Imperfect active. He was seeking,
conative idea. {Jesus who he was} (\I•soun tis estin\).
Prolepsis, to see who Jesus was. He had heard so much about him.
He wanted to see which one of the crowd was Jesus. {For the
crowd} (\apo tou ochlou\). He was short and the crowd was thick
and close. {Stature} (\t•i h•liki•i\). No doubt of that meaning
here and possibly so in 2:52. Elsewhere "age" except Lu 12:25;
Mt 6:27 where it is probably "stature" also.
19:4 {Ran on before} (\prodram•n eis to emprosthen\). Second
aorist active participle of \protrech•\ (defective verb).
"Before" occurs twice (\pro-\ and \eis to emprosthen\). {Into a
sycamore tree} (\epi sukomorean\). From \sukon\, fig, and
\moron\, mulberry. The fig-mulberry and quite a different tree
from the sycamine tree in 17:6, which see. It bore a poor fruit
which poor people ate (Am 7:14). It was a wide open tree with
low branches so that Zacchaeus could easily climb into it. {That
way} (\ekein•s\). Feminine for \hodos\ (way) is understood.
Genitive case with \di\ in composition (\dierchesthai\) or as an
adverbial use.
19:5 {Make haste and come down} (\speusas katab•thi\).
Simultaneous aorist active participle (\speusas\) with the second
aorist active imperative. "Come down in a hurry."
19:6 {He made haste and came down} (\speusas kateb•\). Luke
repeats the very words of Jesus with the same idiom. {Received
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Luke: Chapter 19)