Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 1]
(Italics). Luke often does this (_oratior ariata_). Note also the
ablative case of \mou\ (from me). Luke continues in verse 5
with the direct discourse giving the words of Jesus.
1:5 {Baptized with water} (\ebaptisen hudati\) {and with the Holy
Ghost} (\en pneumati baptisth•sesthe hagi•i\). The margin has "in
the Holy Ghost" (Spirit, it should be). The American Standard
Version renders "in" both with "water" and "Holy Spirit" as do
Goodspeed (American Translation) and Mrs. Montgomery (Centenary
Translation). John's own words (Mt 3:11) to which Jesus
apparently refers use \en\ (in) both with water and Spirit. There
is a so-called instrumental use of \en\ where we in English have
to say "with" (Re 13:10 \en machair•i\, like \machair•i\, Ac
12:2). That is to say \en\ with the locative presents the act as
located in a certain instrument like a sword (Robertson,
_Grammar_, pp. 589f.). But the instrumental case is more common
without \en\ (the locative and instrumental cases having the same
form). So it is often a matter of indifference which idiom is
used as in Joh 21:8 we have \t•i ploiari•i\ (locative without
\en\). They came {in} (locative case without \en\) the boat. So
in Joh 1:31 \en hudati baptiz•n\ baptizing in water. No
distinction therefore can be insisted on here between the
construction \hudati\ and \en pneumati\ (both being in the
locative case, one without, one with \en\). Note unusual position
of the verb \baptisth•sesthe\ (future passive indicative) between
\pneumati\ and \hagi•i\. This baptism of the Holy Spirit was
predicted by John (Mt 3:11) as the characteristic of the
Messiah's work. Now the Messiah himself in his last message
before his Ascension proclaims that in a few days the fulfilment
of that prophecy will come to pass. The Codex Bezae adds here
"which ye are about to receive" and "until the Pentecost" to
verse 5. {Not many days hence} (\ou meta pollas tautas
h•meras\). A neat Greek idiom difficult to render smoothly into
English: "Not after many days these." The litotes (not many=few)
is common in Luke (Lu 7:6; 15:13; Ac 17:27; 19:11; 20:12; 21:39;
28:14; 28:2). The predicate use of \tautas\ (without article) is
to be noted. "These" really means as a starting point, "from
these" (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 702). It was ten days hence.
This idiom occurs several times in Luke (Lu 24:21; Ac 24:21),
as elsewhere (Joh 4:18; 2Pe 3:1). In Lu 2:12 the copula is
easily supplied as it exists in Lu 1:36; 2:2.
1:6 {They therefore} (\hoi men oun\). Demonstrative use of \hoi\
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