Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 24].
old word from \bibr•sk•\, to eat.
24:42 {A piece of broiled fish} (\ichthuos optou meros\). \Optos\
is a verbal from \opta•\, to cook, to roast, to broil. Common
word, but only here in the N.T. The best old documents omit "and
a honeycomb" (\kai apo melissiou k•riou\).
24:44 {While I was yet with you} (\eti •n sun humin\). Literally,
{Being yet with you}. The participle \•n\ takes the time of the
principal verb.
24:45 {Opened he their mind} (\di•noixen aut•n ton noun\). The
same verb as that in verses 31,32 about the eyes and the
Scriptures. Jesus had all these years been trying to open their
minds that they might understand the Scriptures about the Messiah
and now at last he makes one more effort in the light of the
Cross and the Resurrection. They can now see better the will and
way of God, but they will still need the power of the Holy Spirit
before they will fully know the mind of Christ.
24:46 {It is written} (\gegraptai\). Perfect passive indicative
of \graph•\, to write, the usual phrase for quoting Scripture.
Jesus now finds in the Old Testament his suffering, his
resurrection, and the preaching of repentance and forgiveness of
sins to all nations. Note the infinitives \pathein, anast•nai,
k•ruchth•nai\.
24:47 {Beginning} (\arxamenoi\). Aorist middle participle of
\arch•\, but the nominative plural with no syntactical connection
(an anacoluthon).
24:49 {Until ye be clothed} (\he•s hou endus•sthe\). First aorist
middle subjunctive of \endu•\ or \endun•\. It is an old verb for
putting on a garment. It is here the indirect middle, put on
yourselves power from on high as a garment. They are to wait till
this experience comes to them. This is "the promise of the
Father." It is an old metaphor in Homer, Aristophanes, Plutarch,
and Paul uses it often.
24:50 {Over against Bethany} (\he•s pros B•thanian\). That is on
Olivet. On this blessed spot near where he had delivered the
great Eschatological Discourse he could see Bethany and
Jerusalem.
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