Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 10]
{Get thee down} (\katab•thi\). Second aorist active imperative,
at once. {Go} (\poreuou\). Present middle imperative, go on.
{Nothing doubting} (\m•den diakrinomenos\). Another compound of
\dia\, old and common verb for a divided mind (\dia\ like \duo\,
two). Note usual negative of the present middle participle, the
subjective \m•den\. The notion of wavering (Jas 1:6) is common
with this verb in the middle voice. In Ac 11:12 the aorist
active (\m•den diakrinanta\) is used perhaps with the idea of
conduct towards others rather than his own internal doubt as here
(Page). {For I} (\hoti eg•\). The Holy Spirit assumes
responsibility for the messengers from Cornelius and thus
connects their mission with the vision which was still troubling
Peter. Peter had heard his name called by the man (verse 19).
10:21 {Cause} (\aitia\). Or reason. Common in this sense. See on
¯Mt 19:3.
10:22 {Righteous} (\dikaios\). In the Jewish sense as in Lu 1:6;
2:25. {Well reported of} (\marturoumenos\). Present passive
participle as in 6:3. Cf. the other centurion in Lu 7:4.
{Nation} (\ethnous\). Not \laou\, for the speakers are Gentiles.
{Was warned} (\echr•matisth•\). First aorist passive of
\chr•matiz•\, old word for doing business, then consulting an
oracle, and here of being divinely (word God not expressed)
warned as in Mt 2:12,22; Lu 2:26; Heb 11:7. Then to be called
or receive a name from one's business as in Ac 11:26; Ro 7:3.
10:23 {Lodged them} (\exenisen\). Active voice here rather than
passive as in 10:6. {Accompanied him} (\sun•lthan aut•i\).
Associative instrumental case after verb. The wisdom of having
these half dozen Jewish Christians from Joppa with Peter in the
house of Cornelius in Caesarea becomes manifest in Jerusalem
(11:12).
10:24 {Was waiting} (\•n prosdok•n\). Periphrastic imperfect
active, in eager expectation and hope, directing the mind
(\doka•\) towards (\pros\) anything. Old and common verb. {Near}
(\anagkaious\). Only instance in the N.T. of this sense of
\anagkaios\ from \anagk•\, necessity, what one cannot do without,
necessary (1Co 12:22), duty (Ac 13:46), or blood relations as
here. The ancient Greek writers combined these two words
(\suggeneis\, kinsmen, \anagkaious\, necessary friends) as here.
It was a homogeneous group of Gentiles close to Cornelius and
predisposed to hear Peter favourably.
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