Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 24].
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24:1 {At early dawn} (\orthrou batheos\). Genitive of time.
Literally, at deep dawn. The adjective \bathus\ (deep) was often
used of time. This very idiom occurs in Aristophanes, Plato, et
cetera. Joh 20:1 adds "while it was yet dark." That is, when
they started, for the sun was risen when they arrived (Mr
16:2). {Which they had prepared} (\ha h•toimasan\). Mr 16:1
notes that they bought other spices after the sabbath was over
besides those which they already had (Lu 23:56).
24:2 {Rolled away} (\apokekulismenon\). Perfect passive
participle of \apokuli•\, late verb and in the N.T. only in this
context (Mr 16:3; Mt 28:2) while Joh 20:1 has \•rmenon\
(taken away).
24:3 {Of the Lord Jesus} (\tou kuriou I•sou\). The Western family
of documents does not have these words and Westcott and Hort
bracket them as Western non-interpolations. There are numerous
instances of this shorter Western text in this chapter. For a
discussion of the subject see my _Introduction to the Textual
Criticism of the New Testament_, pp. 225-237. This precise
combination (the Lord Jesus) is common in the Acts, but nowhere
else in the Gospels.
24:4 {While they were perplexed thereabout} (\en t•i aporeisthai
autas peri toutou\). Luke's common Hebraistic idiom, \en\ with
the articular infinitive (present passive \aporeisthai\ from
\apore•\, to lose one's way) and the accusative of general
reference. {Two men} (\andres duo\). Men, not women. Mr 16:5
speaks of a young man (\neaniskon\) while Mt 28:5 has "an
angel." We need not try to reconcile these varying accounts which
agree in the main thing. The angel looked like a man and some
remembered two. In verse 23 Cleopas and his companion call them
"angels." {Stood by} (\epest•san\). Second aorist active
indicative of \ephist•mi\. This common verb usually means to step
up suddenly, to burst upon one. {In dazzling apparel} (\en
esth•ti astraptous•i\). This is the correct text. This common
simplex verb occurs only twice in the N.T., here and Lu 17:24
(the Transfiguration). It has the same root as \astrap•\
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Luke: Chapter 24)