Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 16]
prominence in the community. {Being sore troubled}
(\diapon•theis\). First aorist passive of \diapone•\, old verb,
to work laboriously, then in passive to be "worked up,"
displeased, worn out. In the N.T. only here and 4:2 which see
(there of the Sadducees about Peter's preaching). Paul was
grieved, annoyed, indignant. He wanted no testimony from a source
like this any more than he did the homage of the people of Lystra
(14:14). {That very hour} (\aut•i t•i h•r•i\). Locative case of
time and familiar Lukan idiom in his Gospel, "at the hour
itself." The cure was instantaneous. Paul, like Jesus,
distinguished between the demon and the individual.
16:19 {Was gone} (\ex•lthen\). Was gone out of the slave girl,
second aorist active indicative of \exerchomai\. "The two most
important social revolutions worked by Christianity have been the
elevation of woman and the abolition of slavery" (Furneaux). Both
are illustrated here (Lydia and this slave girl). "The most
sensitive part of 'civilized' man is the pocket" (Ramsay). {Laid
hold on} (\epilabomenoi\). Second aorist middle participle of
\epilamban•\ as in 9:27; 17:19, but here with hostile intent.
{Dragged} (\heilkusan\). First aorist active indicative of
\helku•\, late form of the old verb \helk•\ (also in Jas 2:6)
to draw as a sword, and then to drag one forcibly as here and
21:30. It is also used of spiritual drawing as by Jesus in Joh
12:32. Here it is by violence. {Into the marketplace} (\eis t•n
agoran\). Into the Roman forum near which would be the courts of
law as in our courthouse square, as in 17:17. Marketing went on
also (Mr 7:4), when the crowds collect (Mr 6:56), from
\ageir•\, to collect or gather. {Unto the rulers} (\epi tous
archontas\). General Greek term for "the magistrates."
16:20 {Unto the magistrates} (\tois strat•gois\). Greek term
(\stratos, ag•\) for leader of an army or general. But in civic
life a governor. The technical name for the magistrates in a
Roman colony was _duumviri_ or duumvirs, answering to consuls in
Rome. \Strat•goi\ here is the Greek rendering of the Latin
_praetores_ (praetors), a term which they preferred out of pride
to the term _duumviri_. Since they represented consuls, the
praetors or duumvirs were accompanied by lictors bearing rods
(verse 35). {These men} (\houtoi hoi anthr•poi\). Contemptuous
use. {Being Jews} (\Ioudaioi huparchontes\). The people of
Philippi, unlike those in Antioch (11:26), did not recognize
any distinction between Jews and Christians. These four men were
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