Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 2]
as proof. No passage in the O.T. is so constantly quoted as
Messianic as this. "St. Peter does not demand belief upon his own
assertion, but he again appeals to the Scriptures, and to words
which could not have received a fulfilment in the case of David"
(Knowling). {Sit thou} (\kathou\). Late _Koin•_ form for earlier
\kath•so\, present middle imperative second singular of
\kath•mai\.
2:35 {Till I make} (\he•s an th•\). Second aorist active
subjunctive of \tith•mi\ with \an\ after \he•s\ for the future, a
common Greek idiom. This dominion of Christ as Mediator will last
till the plan of the kingdom is carried out (1Co 15:23-28).
Complete subjugation will come, perhaps referring to the custom
of victorious kings placing their feet upon the necks of their
enemies (Jos 10:24). {Therefore assuredly} (\Asphal•s oun\).
Assuredly therefore, without any slip or trip (\asphal•s\ from
\a\ privative and \sphall•\, to trip, to slip. Peter draws a
powerfully pungent conclusion by the use of the adverb \asphal•s\
and the inferential conjunction \oun\.) Peter's closing sentence
drives home the point of his sermon: "This very Jesus whom ye
crucified (note \humeis\, strongly emphatic {ye}), him God made
both Lord and Messiah" (\kai kurion kai Christon\), as David
foretold in Ps 110 and as the events of this day have
confirmed. The critics are disturbed over how Luke could have
gotten the substance of this masterful address spoken on the spur
of the moment with passion and power. They even say that Luke
composed it for Peter and put the words in his mouth. If so, he
made a good job of it. But Peter could have written out the notes
of the address afterwards. Luke had plenty of chances to get hold
of it from Peter or from others.
2:37 {They were pricked in their heart} (\katenug•san t•n
kardian\). Second aorist indicative of \katanuss•\, a rare verb
(LXX) to pierce, to sting sharply, to stun, to smite. Homer used
it of horses dinting the earth with their hoofs. The substantive
\katanuxis\ occurs in Ro 11:8. Here only in the N.T. It is
followed here by the accusative of the part affected, the heart.
{What shall we do?} (\Ti poi•s•men\). Deliberative subjunctive
first aorist active. The sermon went home, they felt the sting of
Peter's words, compunction (\compungo\). Codex Bezae adds: "Show
us."
2:38 {Repent ye} (\metano•sate\). First aorist (ingressive)
active imperative. Change your mind and your life. Turn right
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