Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 13]
his own innocence (Ac 28:18). {That he should be slain}
(\anaireth•nai auton\). First aorist passive infinitive, the
accusative case, the direct object of \•it•santo\ (first aorist
middle indicative, asked as a favour to themselves).
13:29 {From the tree} (\apo tou xulou\). Not here strictly a
tree, but wood as already in 5:30; 10:29 and later in Ga
3:13. Strictly speaking, it was Joseph of Arimathea and
Nicodemus who took the body of Jesus down from the cross, though
the Jews had asked Pilate to have the bones of Jesus broken that
his body should not remain on the cross during the Sabbath (Joh
19:31). Paul does not distinguish the details here. {Laid}
(\eth•kan\). First (kappa) aorist active indicative third plural
of \tith•mi\ in place of \ethesan\ the usual second aorist active
plural form. {Tomb} (\mn•meion\). Memorial, common in the
Gospels.
13:30 {But God raised him from the dead} (\ho de theos •geiren ek
nekr•n\). This crucial fact Paul puts sharply as he always did.
13:31 {Was seen for many days} (\•phth• epi h•meras pleious\).
The common verb (first aorist passive indicative of \hora•\, to
see) for the appearance of the Risen Christ, the one used by Paul
of his own vision of Christ (1Co 15:8), which is not reported
by Luke here. For more days (than a few), the language means,
forty in all (1:3). {Of them that came up with him} (\tois
sunanab•sin aut•i\). Dative (after \•phth•\) articular participle
(second aorist active of \sunanabain•\) with associative
instrumental case (\aut•i\), the very men who knew him best and
who could not be easily deceived about the reality of his
resurrection. But this fact rules Paul out on this point, for he
had not fellowshipped with Jesus from Galilee to Jerusalem. {Who
are now his witnesses} (\hoitines nun eisin martures autou\). The
very point that Peter used to clinch his argument with such
powerful effect (2:32; 3:15).
13:32 {We bring you good tidings of the promise} (\h•meis hum•s
euaggelizometha t•n epaggelian\). Two accusatives here (person
and thing), old Greek did not use accusative of the person with
this verb as in 16:10; Lu 3:18. Note "we you" together. Here
the heart of Paul's message on this occasion.
13:33 {Hath fulfilled} (\ekpepl•r•ken\). Hath filled out (\ek\).
{Unto our children} (\tois teknois h•m•n\). The MSS. vary greatly
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