Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 24].
24:35 {Rehearsed} (\ex•gounto\). Imperfect middle indicative of
\ex•geomai\, verb to lead out, to rehearse. Our word exegesis
comes from this verb. Their story was now confirmatory, not
revolutionary. The women were right then after all. {Of them}
(\autois\). To them, dative case. They did not recognize Jesus in
his exegesis, but did in the breaking of bread. One is reminded
of that saying in the _Logia of Jesus_: "Raise the stone and
there thou shalt find me, cleave the wood and there am I."
24:36 {He himself stood} (\autos est•\). He himself stepped and
stood. Some documents do not have "Peace be unto you."
24:37 {Terrified} (\pto•thentes\). First aorist passive
participle of \ptoe•\, old verb and in the N.T. only here and Lu
21:9 which see. {Affrighted} (\emphoboi genomenoi\). Late
adjective from \en\ and \phobos\ (fear). Both these terms of fear
are strong. {Supposed} (\edokoun\). Imperfect active of \doke•\,
kept on thinking so.
24:38 {Why are ye troubled?} (\ti tetaragmenoi este;\).
Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of \tarass•\, old verb,
to agitate, to stir up, to get excited.
24:39 {Myself} (\autos\). Jesus is patient with his proof. They
were convinced before he came into the room, but that
psychological shock had unnerved them all. {Handle}
(\ps•laph•sate\). This very word is used in 1Jo 1:1 as proof of
the actual human body of Jesus. It is an old verb for touching
with the hand. {Flesh and bones} (\sarka kai ostea\). At least
this proves that he is not just a ghost and that Jesus had a real
human body against the Docetic Gnostics who denied it. But
clearly we are not to understand that our resurrection bodies
will have "flesh and bones." Jesus was in a transition state and
had not yet been glorified. The mystery remains unsolved, but it
was proof to the disciples of the identity of the Risen Christ
with Jesus of Nazareth.
24:40 Another Western non-interpolation according to Westcott and
Hort. It is genuine in Joh 20:20.
24:41 {Disbelieved for joy} (\apistount•n aut•n apo t•s charas\).
Genitive absolute and a quite understandable attitude. They were
slowly reconvinced, but it was after all too good to be true.
{Anything to eat} (\br•simon\). Only here in the N.T., though an
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