Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 21]
crush together, is late _Koin•_ for \apothrupt•\, to break off,
both vivid and expressive words. So to enervate and unman one,
weakening Paul's determination to go on with his duty. {I am
ready} (\Eg• hetoim•s ech•\). I hold (myself) in readiness
(adverb, \hetoim•s\). Same idiom in 2Co 12:14. {Not only to be
bound} (\ou monon deth•nai\). First aorist passive infinitive of
\de•\ and note \ou monon\ rather than \m• monon\, the usual
negative of the infinitive because of the sharp contrast
(Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 1095). Paul's readiness to die, if need
be, at Jerusalem is like that of Jesus on the way to Jerusalem
the last time. Even before that Luke (9:51) said that "he set
his face to go on to Jerusalem." Later the disciples will say to
Jesus, "Master, the Jews were but now seeking to stone thee; and
goest thou thither?" (Joh 11:8). The stature of Paul rises here
to heroic proportions "for the name of the Lord Jesus" (\huper
tou onomatos tou kuriou I•sou\).
21:14 {When he would not be persuaded} (\m• peithomenou autou\).
Genitive absolute of the present passive participle of \peith•\.
Literally, "he not being persuaded." That was all. Paul's will
(\kardia\) was not broken, not even bent. {We ceased}
(\h•suchasamen\). Ingressive aorist active indicative of
\h•suchaz•\, old verb to be quiet, silent. {The will of the Lord
be done} (\tou kuriou to thel•ma ginesth•\). Present middle
imperative of \ginomai\. There is a quaint naivete in this
confession by the friends of Paul. Since Paul would not let them
have their way, they were willing for the Lord to have his way,
acquiescence after failure to have theirs.
21:15 {We took up our baggage} (\episkeuasamenoi\). First aorist
middle participle of \episkeuaz•\, old verb to furnish (\skeuos,
epi\) with things necessary, to pack up, saddle horses here
Ramsay holds. Here only in the N.T. {Went up} (\anebainomen\).
Inchoative imperfect active of \anabain•\, we started to go up.
21:16 {Certain of the disciples} (\t•n math•t•n\). The genitive
here occurs with \tines\ understood as often in the Greek idiom,
the partitive genitive used as nominative (Robertson, _Grammar_,
p. 502). {Bringing} (\agontes\). Nominative plural participle
agreeing with \tines\ understood, not with case of \math•t•n\.
{One Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should
lodge} (\par h•i xenisth•men Mnas•ni tini Kupri•i archai•i
math•t•i\). A thoroughly idiomatic Greek idiom, incorporation and
attraction of the antecedent into the relative clause (Robertson,
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