Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 24].
toutois\). Like Pelion on Ossa with them in their perplexity.
{Now the third day} (\trit•n taut•n h•meran agei\). A difficult
idiom for the English. "One is keeping this a third day." And he
is still dead and we are still without hope.
24:22 {Amazed us} (\exest•san h•mas\). First aorist active
(transitive) indicative with accusative \h•mas\ of \exist•mi\.
The second aorist active is intransitive. {Early} (\orthrinai\).
A poetic and late form for \orthrios\. In the N.T. only here and
Re 24:22. Predicate adjective agreeing with the women.
24:23 {Had seen} (\he•rakenai\). Perfect active infinitive in
indirect assertion after \legousai\. Same construction for \z•in\
after \legousin\. But all this was too indirect and uncertain
(women and angels) for Cleopas and his companion.
24:25 {Foolish men} (\ano•toi\). Literally without sense
(\nous\), not understanding. Common word. {Slow of heart}
(\bradeis t•i kardi•i\). Slow in heart (locative case). Old word
for one dull, slow to comprehend or to act. {All that} (\p•sin
hois\). Relative attracted from the accusative \ha\ to the case
of the antecedent \p•sin\ (dative). They could only understand
part of the prophecies, not all.
24:26 {Behooved it not?} (\ouchi edei;\). Was it not necessary?
The very things about the death of Jesus that disturbed them so
were the strongest proof that he was the Messiah of the Old
Testament.
24:27 {Interpreted} (\di•rm•neusen\). First aorist active
(constative aorist) indicative of \dierm•neu•\ (Margin has the
imperfect \di•rm•neuen\), intensive compound (\dia\) of
\herm•neu•\, the old verb to interpret from \herm•neus\,
interpreter, and that from \Herm•s\, the messenger of the gods as
the people of Lystra took Paul to be (Ac 14:12). But what
wonderful exegesis the two disciples were now hearing!
{Concerning himself} (\peri heauton\). Jesus found himself in the
Old Testament, a thing that some modern scholars do not seem able
to do.
24:28 {Made as though} (\prosepoi•sato\). First aorist active
middle (Some MSS. have \prosepoieito\ imperfect) indicative of
\prospoie•\, old verb to conform oneself to, to pretend. Only
here in the N.T. Of course he would have gone on if the disciples
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