Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 2]
evidence, but known to his hearers" (Furneaux). {The pangs of
death} (\tas •dinas tou thanatou\). Codex Bezae has "Hades"
instead of death. The LXX has \•dinas thanatou\ in Ps 18:4, but
the Hebrew original means "snares" or "traps" or "cords" of death
where sheol and death are personified as hunters laying snares
for prey. How Peter or Luke came to use the old Greek word
\•dinas\ (birth pangs) we do not know. Early Christian writers
interpreted the Resurrection of Christ as a birth out of death.
"Loosing" (\lusas\) suits better the notion of "snares" held a
prisoner by death, but birth pangs do bring deliverance to the
mother also. {Because} (\kathoti\). This old conjunction (\kata,
hoti\) occurs in the N.T. only in Luke's writings. {That he
should be holden} (\krateisthai auton\). Infinitive present
passive with accusative of general reference and subject of \•n
adunaton\. The figure goes with "loosed" (\lusas\) above.
2:25 {Concerning him} (\eis auton\). Peter interprets Ps
16:8-11 as written by David and with reference to the Messiah.
There is but one speaker in this Psalm and both Peter here and
Paul in Ac 13:36 make it the Messiah. David is giving his own
experience which is typical of the Messiah (Knowling). {I beheld}
(\proor•m•n\). Imperfect middle without augment of \proora•\,
common verb, but only twice in the N.T., to see beforehand (Ac
21:29) or to see right before one as here. This idea of \pro-\
is made plainer by "before my face" (\en•pion mou\). {On my right
hand} (\ek dexi•n mou\). The Lord Jehovah like a defender or
advocate stands at David's right hand as in trials in court (Ps
109:31). {That} (\hina\) here is almost result. {Moved}
(\saleuth•\). First aorist passive subjunctive of \saleu•\, to
shake like an earthquake.
2:26 {Was glad} (\•uphranth•\). First aorist (timeless here like
the Hebrew perfect) passive indicative of \euphrain•\ (cf. Lu
15:32). Timeless also is "rejoiced" (\•galliasato\). {Shall
dwell} (\katask•n•sei\). Shall tabernacle, pitch a tent, make
one's abode (cf. Mt 13:32). See on ¯Mt 8:20 about
\katask•n•seis\ (nests) {In hope} (\ep' elpidi\). On hope, the
hope of the resurrection.
2:27 {In Hades} (\eis H•id•n\). Hades is the unseen world, Hebrew
Sheol, but here it is viewed as death itself "considered as a
rapacious destroyer" (Hackett). It does not mean the place of
punishment, though both heaven and the place of torment are in
Hades (Lu 16:23). "Death and Hades are strictly parallel terms:
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