Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 19].
him joyfully} (\hupedexato auton chair•n\). The very verb used of
Martha's welcome to Jesus (10:38). "Joyfully" is the present
active participle, "rejoicing" (\chair•n\).
19:7 {Murmured} (\diegogguzonto\). Imperfect middle of this
compound onomatopoetic word \dia-gogguz•\. In Lu 5:30 we have
the simple \gogguz•\, a late word like the cooing doves or the
hum of bees. This compound with \dia-\ is still rarer, but more
expressive. {To lodge} (\katalusai\). Jesus was the hero of this
crowd from Galilee on their way to the passover. But here he had
shocked their sensibilities and those of the people of Jericho by
inviting himself to be the guest of this chief publican and
notorious sinner who had robbed nearly everybody in the city by
exorbitant taxes.
19:8 {Stood} (\statheis\). Apparently Jesus and Zacchaeus had
come to the house of Zacchaeus and were about to enter when the
murmur became such a roar that Zacchaeus turned round and faced
the crowd. {If I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man} (\ei
tinos ti esukophant•sa\). A most significant admission and
confession. It is a condition of the first class (\ei\ and the
aorist active indicative) that assumes it to be true. His own
conscience was at work. He may have heard audible murmurs from
the crowd. For the verb \sukophantein\, see discussion on ¯3:14,
the only two instances in the N.T. He had extorted money
wrongfully as they all knew. {I return fourfold} (\apodid•mi
tetraploun\). I offer to do it here and now on this spot. This
was the Mosaic law (Ex 22:1; Nu 5:6f.). Restitution is good
proof of a change of heart. D. L. Moody used to preach it with
great power. Without this the offer of Zacchaeus to give half his
goods to the poor would be less effective. "It is an odd
coincidence, nothing more, that the fig-mulberry (sycamore)
should occur in connexion with the _fig_-shewer (sycophant)."
19:10 {The lost} (\to apol•los\). The neuter as a collective
whole, second perfect active participle of \apollumi\, to
destroy. See Lu 15 for the idea of the lost.
19:11 {He added and spake} (\prostheis eipen\). Second aorist
active participle of \prostith•mi\ with \eipen\. It is a Hebrew
idiom seen also in Lu 20:1f. he added to send (\prosetheto
pempsai\) and in Ac 12:3 "he added to seize" (\prosetheto
sullabein\). This undoubted Hebraism occurs in the N.T. in Luke
only, probably due to the influence of the LXX on Luke the Greek
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