Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 8]
pour, or \chlo•\, yellowish green, bile or gall. In the N.T. only
in Mt 27:34 and here. In LXX in sense of wormwood as well as
bile. See De 29:18; 32:32; La 3:15; Job 16:14. "Gall and
bitterness" in De 29:18. Here the gall is described by the
genitive \pikrias\ as consisting in "bitterness." In Heb 12:15
"a root of bitterness," a bitter root. This word \pikria\ in the
N.T. only here and Heb 12:15; Ro 3:14; Eph 4:31. The "bond of
iniquity" (\sundesmon adikias\) is from Isa 58:6. Paul uses
this word of peace (Eph 4:3), of love (Col 3:14), of the body
(Col 2:19). Peter describes Simon's offer as poison and a
chain.
8:24 {Pray ye for me} (\De•th•te humeis huper emou\). Emphasis on
\humeis\ (you). First aorist passive imperative. Simon is
thoroughly frightened by Peter's words, but shows no sign of
personal repentance or change of heart. He wants to escape the
penalty for his sin and hopes that Peter can avert it. Peter had
clearly diagnosed his case. He was an unconverted man in spite of
his profession of faith and baptism. There is no evidence that he
ever changed his life at all. {Which} (\h•n\). Genitive by
attraction of the accusative relative \ha\ to case of the
unexpressed antecedent \tout•n\ (of those things), a common Greek
idiom.
8:25 {They therefore} (\hoi men oun\). Demonstrative \hoi\ with
\men\ (no following \de\) and the inferential \oun\ (therefore)
as often in Acts (1:6, etc.). {Returned} (\hupestrephon\).
Imperfect active picturing the joyful journey of preaching
(\eu•ggelizonto\, imperfect middle) to the Samaritan villages.
Peter and John now carried on the work of Philip to the
Samaritans. This issue was closed.
8:26 {Toward the South} (\kata mes•mbrian\). Old word from
\mesos\ and \h•mera\, midday or noon as in Ac 22:16, the only
other example in the N.T. That may be the idea here also, though
"towards the South" gets support from the use of \kata liba\ in
Ac 27:12. {The same is desert} (\haut• estin er•mos\). Probably
a parenthetical remark by Luke to give an idea of the way. One of
the ways actually goes through a desert. Gaza itself was a strong
city that resisted Alexander the Great five months. It was
destroyed by the Romans after war broke out with the Jews.
8:27 {A eunuch of great authority} (\eunouchos dunast•s\).
Eunuchs were often employed by oriental rulers in high posts.
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