Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 2]
2:22 {Hear these words} (\akousate tous logous toutous\). Do it
now (aorist tense). With unerring aim Peter has found the
solution for the phenomena. He has found the key to God's work on
this day in his words through Joel. {as ye yourselves know}
(\kath•s autoi oidate\). Note \autoi\ for emphasis. Peter calls
the audience to witness that his statements are true concerning
"Jesus the Nazarene." He wrought his miracles by the power of God
in the midst of these very people here present.
2:23 {Him} (\touton\). "This one," resumptive and emphatic object
of "did crucify and slay." {Being delivered up} (\ekdoton\).
Verbal adjective from \ekdid•mi\, to give out or over. Old word,
but here only in the N.T. Delivered up by Judas, Peter means. {By
the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God} (\t•i
h•rismen•i boul•i kai progn•s•i tou theou\). Instrumental case.
Note both purpose (\boul•\) and foreknowledge (\progn•sis\) of
God and "determined" (\h•rismen•\, perfect passive participle,
state of completion). God had willed the death of Jesus (Joh
3:16) and the death of Judas (Ac 1:16), but that fact did not
absolve Judas from his responsibility and guilt (Lu 22:22). He
acted as a free moral agent. {By the hand} (\dia cheiros\). Luke
is fond of these figures (hand, face, etc.) very much like the
Hebrew though the vernacular of all languages uses them. {Lawless
men} (\anom•n\). Men without law, who recognize no law for their
conduct, like men in high and low stations today who defy the
laws of God and man. Old word, very common in the LXX. {Ye did
crucify} (\prosp•xantes\). First aorist active participle of
\prosp•gnumi\, rare compound word in Dio Cassius and here only in
the N.T. One must supply \t•i staur•i\ and so it means "fastened
to the cross," a graphic picture like Paul's "nailed to the
cross" (\pros•l•sas t•i staur•i\) in Col 2:14. {Did slay}
(\aneilate\). Second aorist active indicative with first aorist
vowel \a\ instead of \o\ as is common in the _Koin•_. This verb
\anaire•\, to take up, is often used for kill as in Ac 12:2.
Note Peter's boldness now under the power of the Holy Spirit. He
charges the people to their faces with the death of Christ.
2:24 {God raised up} (\ho theos anest•sen\). _Est hoc summum
orationis_ (Blass). Apparently this is the first public
proclamation to others than believers of the fact of the
Resurrection of Jesus. "At a time it was still possible to test
the statement, to examine witnesses, to expose fraud, the Apostle
openly proclaimed the Resurrection as a fact, needing no
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