Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 5]
5:18 {With jealousy} (\z•lou\). Genitive case. Old word from ze•,
to boil, our zeal. In itself it means only warmth, ardour, zeal,
but for a bad cause or from a bad motive, jealousy, envy, rivalry
results (Ac 13:45). Common in the epistles. {In public ward}
(\en t•r•sei d•mosi•i\). As in 4:3 only with \d•mosi•i\
(public) added, in the public prison, perhaps not the "common"
prison, but any prison is bad enough. In verse 19 it is called
"the prison" (\t•s phulak•s\), the guardhouse.
5:20 {And stand} (\kai stathentes\). First aorist passive
participle (intransitive, ingressive aorist), take a stand. Bold
and pictorial command. {All the words of this life} (\panta ta
rh•mata t•s z••s taut•s\). Not just a Hebraism for "all these
words of life." Probably "this life" which the Sadducees deny and
of which the angel is now speaking, this eternal life. (Joh
6:63,68; 1Co 15:19).
5:21 {About daybreak} (\hupo ton orthron\). From \ornumi\, to
stir up, to arouse, so the dawn (Lu 24:1; Joh 8:2). Old word,
but in the N.T. only these three passages. "Under the dawn" or
"about dawn." _Sub lucem_. The temple doors would be open for
early worshippers and traffickers (Joh 2:14). {Taught}
(\edidaskon\). Imperfect active, began to teach. {The council}
(\to sunedrion\). The Sanhedrin. {The senate} (\t•n gerousian\).
From \ger•n\, an old man, just as the Latin _senatus_ is from
_senex_, old. Like the \gerontes\ in Homer and the Elder
Statesmen in Japan. Apparently the senate of the people were also
part of the Sanhedrin and the use of "and" (\kai\) is explanatory
and adds this item in particular. Page thinks that this group of
elders were not members of the Sanhedrin at all. {To the prison
house} (\eis to desm•t•rion\), another word for prison (\t•r•sis
d•mosia\ in verse 18, \h• phulak•\ in verse 19). See also
verses 22,23,25. This from \desmos\, bond, and \t•re•\, to
keep, place where bound men are kept.
5:22 {The officers} (\hoi hup•retai\). Under-rowers, literally
(Mt 5:25). The servants or officers who executed the orders of
the Sanhedrin. {Shut} (\kekleismenon\). Perfect passive
participle of \klei•\. Shut tight. {Standing at the doors}
(\hest•tas epi t•n thur•n\). Graphic picture of the sentinels at
the prison doors.
5:24 {They were much perplexed} (\di•poroun\). Imperfect active
of \diapore•\ old verb by Luke only in the N.T. See already on
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