Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 23]
the Gospels there is no instance of a woman being hostile to
Christ" (Plummer). Luke's Gospel is appropriately called the
Gospel of Womanhood ( 1:39-56; 2:36-38; 7:11-15, 37-50; 8:1-3;
10:38-42; 11:27; 13:11-16). {Lamented} (\ethr•noun\). Imperfect
active of \thr•ne•\, old verb from \threomai\, to cry aloud,
lament.
23:28 {Turning} (\strapheis\). Luke is fond of this second aorist
passive participle of \streph•\ ( 7:9,44,55; 10:23). If he had
been still carrying the Cross, he could not have made this
dramatic gesture. {Weep not} (\m• klaiete\). Present active
imperative with \m•\, Stop weeping.
23:29 {Blessed} (\makariai\). A beatitude to the barren, the
opposite of the hopes of Jewish mothers. Childless women are
commiserated ( 1:25,36). {To the hills} (\tois bounois\). A
Cyrenaic word. In the N.T. only here and 3:5. Quotation from
Ho 10:8.
23:31 {In the green tree} (\en hugr•i xul•i\). Green wood is hard
to burn and so is used for the innocent. {In the dry} (\en t•i
x•r•i\). Dry wood kindles easily and is a symbol for the guilty.
This common proverb has various applications. Here the point is
that if they can put Jesus to death, being who he is, what will
happen to Jerusalem when its day of judgment comes? {What shall
be done} (\ti gen•tai\). Deliberative subjunctive.
23:32 {Were led} (•gonto). Imperfect passive of \ag•\, were being
led. {Malefactors} (\kakourgoi\). Evil (\kakon\), doers (work,
\ergon\). Old word, but in the N.T. only in this passage
( 32,33,39) and 2Ti 2:9. Luke does not call them "robbers"
like Mr 15:27; Mt 27:38,44. {To be put to death}
(\anaireth•nai\). First aorist passive infinitive of \anaire•\,
old verb, to take up, to take away, to kill.
23:33 {The skull} (\to kranion\). Probably because it looked like
a skull. See on ¯Mt 27:33; Mr 15:22. {There they crucified him}
(\ekei estaur•san\). There between the two robbers and on the
very cross on which Barabbas, the leader of the robber band, was
to have been crucified. {One} (\hon men\), {the other} (\hon
de\). Common idiom of contrast with this old demonstrative \hos\
and \men\ and \de\.
23:34 {Father forgive them} (\Pater, aphes autois\). Second
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