Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 23]
auton\). Being also himself in Jerusalem. Present active
participle of \eimi\.
23:8 {Was exceeding glad} (\echar• lian\). Second aorist passive
indicative of \chair•\, ingressive aorist, became glad. {Of a
long time} (\ex hikan•n chron•n\). For this idiom see 8:27;
20:9; Ac 8:11). {He hoped} (\•lpizen\). Imperfect active. He was
still hoping. He had long ago gotten over his fright that Jesus
was John the Baptist come to life again ( 9:7-9). {Done}
(\ginomenon\). Present middle participle. He wanted to see a
miracle happening like a stunt of a sleight-of-hand performer.
23:9 {He questioned} (\ep•r•t•\). Imperfect active, kept on
questioning. {In many words} (\en logois hikanois\). Same use of
\hikanos\ as in verse 8.
23:10 {Stood} (\hist•keisan\). Second perfect active intransitive
of \hist•mi\ with sense of imperfect. They stood by while Herod
quizzed Jesus and when he refused to answer, they broke loose
with their accusations like a pack of hounds with full voice
(\euton•s\, adverb from adjective \eutonos\, from \eu\, well, and
\tein•\, to stretch, well tuned). Old word, but in the N.T. only
here and Ac 18:28.
23:11 {Set him at nought} (\exouthen•sas\). First aorist active
participle from \exouthene•\, to count as nothing, to treat with
utter contempt, as zero. {Arraying him in gorgeous apparel}
(\peribal•n esth•ta lampran\). Second aorist active participle of
\periball•\, to fling around one. \Lampran\ is brilliant, shining
as in Jas 2:2, so different from the modest dress of the
Master. This was part of the shame.
23:12 {For before they were at enmity between themselves}
(\proup•rchon gar en echthr•i ontes pros heautous\). A
periphrastic imperfect of the double compound \prouperch•\, an
old verb, to exist (\huparch•\) previously (\pro-\), here alone
in the N.T., with \ontes\ (participle of \eimi\) added.
23:13 {Called together} (\sunkalesamenos\). First aorist middle
participle (to himself). Pilate included "the people" in the hope
that Jesus might have some friends among them.
23:14 {As one that perverteth the people} (\h•s apostrephonta ton
laon\). Pilate here condenses the three charges in verse 2 into
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