Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 13]
13:19 {When he had destroyed} (\kathel•n\). Second aorist active
participle of \kathaire•\, to tear down, old verb. {He gave them
for an inheritance} (\katekl•ronom•sen\). First aorist active
indicative of the double compound verb \kata-kl•ro-nome•\, late
verb in LXX (Nu 34:18; De 3:28; Jos 14:1) and only here in the
N.T., to distribute by lot, to distribute as an inheritance. This
is the correct reading and not \katekl•rodot•sen\ from
\katakl•rodote•\ of the Textus Receptus. These two verbs were
confused in the MSS. of the LXX as well as here. {For about four
hundred and fifty years} (\h•s etesin tetrakosiois kai
pent•konta\). Associative instrumental case with an expression of
time as in 8:11; Lu 8:29 (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 527). The
oldest MSS. (Aleph A B C Vg Sah Boh) place these figures before
"after these things" and so in verse 19. This is the true
reading and is in agreement with the notation in 1Ki 6:1. The
difficulty found in the Textus Receptus (King James Version) thus
disappears with the true text. The four hundred and fifty years
runs therefore from the birth of Isaac to the actual conquest of
Canaan and does not cover the period of the Judges. See on ¯Ac
7:6.
13:20 {And after these things} (\kai meta tauta\). That is, the
time of the Judges then began. Cf. Jud 2:16. {Until Samuel the
prophet} (\he•s Samou•l proph•tou\). The _terminus ad quem_. He
was the last of the judges and the first of the prophets who
selected the first king (Saul) under God's guidance. Note the
absence of the Greek article with \proph•tou\.
13:21 {They asked} (\•it•santo\). First aorist indirect middle
indicative, they asked for themselves. They were tired of a
theocracy. Cf. 1Sa 8:5; 10:1. Paul mentions with pride that
Benjamin was the tribe of Saul (his name also), but he does not
allude to Saul's sin (Furneaux). {For the space of forty years}
(\et• tesserakonta\). Accusative of extent of time. Not in the
O.T., but in Josephus, _Ant_. VI. 14, 9.
13:22 {When he had removed him} (\metast•sas auton\). First
aorist active participle of \methist•mi\, old verb to transfer,
to transpose (note force of \meta\). This verb occurs in Lu
16:4 by the unjust steward about his removal from office. Cf.
1Sa 15:16. {To be} (\eis\). As or for, Greek idiom like the
Hebrew _le_, common in the LXX. {A man after my heart} (\andra
kata t•n kardian mou\). The words quoted by Paul as a direct
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