Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Matthew: Chapter 9].
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9:1 {His own city} (\t•n idian polin\). Capernaum (Mr 2:1; Mt
4:13).
9:2 {They brought} (\prosepheron\). Imperfect, "were bringing,"
graphic picture made very vivid by the details in Mr 2:1-4 and
Lu 5:17. "{Lying on a bed}" (stretched on a couch), perfect
passive participle, a little bed or couch (\klinidion\) in Lu
5:19, "a pallet" (\krabatos\) in Mr 2:4,9,11. {Thy sins are
forgiven} (\aphientai\). Present passive indicative (aoristic
present). Luke (Lu 5:21) has \aphe•ntai\, Doric and Ionic
perfect passive indicative for the Attic \apheintai\, one of the
dialectical forms appearing in the _Koin•_.
9:3 {This man blasphemeth} (\houtos blasph•mei\). See the sneer
in "this fellow." "The prophet always is a scandalous, irreverent
blasphemer from the conventional point of view" (Bruce).
9:6 {That ye may know} (\hina eid•te\). Jesus accepts the
challenge in the thoughts of the scribes and performs the miracle
of healing the paralytic, who so far only had his sins forgiven,
to prove his Messianic power on earth to forgive sins even as God
does. The word \exousia\ may mean either power or authority. He
had both as a matter of fact. Note same word in 9:8. {Then
saith he to the sick of the palsy} (\tote legei t•i
paralutik•i\). These words of course, were not spoken by Jesus.
Curiously enough Matthew interjects them right in the midst of
the sayings of Jesus in reply to the scorn of the scribes. Still
more remarkable is the fact that Mark (Mr 2:10) has precisely
the same words in the same place save that Matthew has added
\tote\, of which he is fond, to what Mark already had. Mark, as
we know, largely reports Peter's words and sees with Peter's
eyes. Luke has the same idea in the same place without the vivid
historical present \legei (eipen t•i paralelumen•i)\ with the
participle in place of the adjective. This is one of the many
proofs that both Matthew and Luke made use of Mark's Gospel each
in his own way. {Take up thy bed} (\•ron sou t•n klin•n\). Pack
up at once (aorist active imperative) the rolled-up pallet.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Matthew: Chapter 9)