Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 21]
_Grammar_, p. 718). \Mnas•ni\ is really the object of \agontes\
or the accusative with \para\ or \pros\ understood and should be
accusative, but it is placed in the clause after the relative and
in the same locative case with the relative \h•i\ (due to \par'\,
beside, with). Then the rest agrees in case with \Mnas•ni\. He
was originally from Cyprus, but now in Caesarea. The Codex Bezae
adds \eis tina k•m•n\ (to a certain village) and makes it mean
that they were to lodge with Mnason at his home there about
halfway to Jerusalem. This may be true. The use of the
subjunctive \xenisth•men\ (first aorist passive of \xeniz•\, to
entertain strangers as in Ac 10:6,23,32 already) may be
volitive of purpose with the relative (Robertson, _Grammar_, pp.
955, 989). The use of \archai•i\ for "early" may refer to the
fact that he was one of the original disciples at Pentecost as
Peter in 15:7 uses \h•mer•n archai•n\ (early days) to refer to
his experience at Ceasarea in Ac 10. "As the number of the
first disciples lessened, the next generation accorded a sort of
honour to the survivors" (Furneaux).
21:17 {When we were come} (\genomen•n h•m•n\). Genitive absolute
again, "we having come." {Received} (\apedexanto\).
\Apodechomai\, to receive from. This old compound only in Luke in
the N.T. {Gladly} (\asmen•s\). Old adverb \h•smen•s\ from
\h•domai\, to be pleased. Here only in the N.T. Perhaps this
first glad welcome was from Paul's personal friends in Jerusalem.
21:18 {The day following} (\t•i epious•i\). As in 20:15 which
see. {Went in} (\eis•iei\). Imperfect active of \eiseimi\, old
classic verb used only four times in the N.T. (Ac 3:3; 21:18,26;
Heb 9:6), a mark of the literary style rather than the
colloquial _Koin•_ use of \eiserchomai\. Together with us to
James (\sun h•min pros Iak•bon\). So then Luke is present. The
next use of "we" is in 27:1 when they leave Caesarea for Rome,
but it is not likely that Luke was away from Paul in Jerusalem
and Caesarea. The reports of what was done and said in both
places is so full and minute that it seems reasonable that Luke
got first hand information here whatever his motive was for so
full an account of these legal proceedings to be discussed later.
There are many details that read like an eye witness's story
(21:30,35,40; 22:2,3; 23:12, etc.). It was probably the house
of James (\pros\ and \para\ so used often). {And all the elders
were present} (\pantes te paregenonto hoi presbuteroi\). Clearly
James is the leading elder and the others are his guests in a
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