Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 22]
to Paul still as he was going on towards Damascus. {To bring
also} (\ax•n kai\). Future active participle of \ag•\, to express
purpose, one of the few N.T. examples of this classic idiom
(Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 1118). {Them which were there} (\tous
ekeise ontas\). _Constructio praegnans_. The usual word would be
\ekei\ (there), not \ekeise\ (thither). Possibly the Christians
who had fled to Damascus, and so were there (Robertson,
_Grammar_, p. 548). {In bonds} (\dedemenous\). Perfect passive
participle of \de•\, predicate position, "bound." {For to be
punished} (\hina tim•r•th•sin\). First aorist passive subjunctive
of \tim•re•\, old verb to avenge, to take vengeance on. In the
N.T. only here, and 26:11. Pure final clause with \hina\. He
carried his persecution outside of Palestine just as later he
carried the gospel over the Roman empire.
22:6 {And it came to pass} (\egeneto de\). Rather than the common
\kai egeneto\ and with the infinitive (\periastrapsai\), one of
the three constructions with \kai (de) egeneto\ by Luke
(Robertson, _Grammar_, pp. 1042f.), followed by \kai\, by finite
verb, by subject infinitive as here. {As I made my journey} (\moi
poreuomen•i\). To me (dative after \egeneto\, happened to me)
journeying (participle agreeing with \moi\). See this same idiom
in verse 17. Luke uses \egeneto de\ seventeen times in the
gospel and twenty-one in the Acts. {Unto Damascus} (\t•i
Damask•i\). Dative after \eggizonti\ (drawing nigh to). {About
noon} (\peri mes•mbrian\). Mid (\mesos\) day (\h•mera\), old
word, in the N.T. only here and 8:26 which see where it may
mean "toward the south." An item not in ch. 9. {Shone round about
me} (\periastrapsai peri eme\). First aorist active infinitive of
\periastrapt•\, to flash around, in LXX and late Greek, in the
N.T. only here and 9:3 which see. Note repetition of \peri\. {A
great light} (\ph•s hikanon\). Luke's favourite word \hikanon\
(considerable). Accusative of general reference with the
infinitive.
22:7 {I fell} (\epesa\). Second aorist active indicative with
\-a\ rather than \epeson\, the usual form of \pipt•\. {Unto the
ground} (\eis to edaphos\). Old word, here alone in N.T. So the
verb \edaphiz•\, is in Lu 19:44 alone in the N.T. {A voice
saying} (\ph•n•s legous•s\). Genitive after \•kousa\, though in
26:14 the accusative is used after \•kousa\, as in 22:14
after \akousai\, either being allowable. See on ¯9:7 for
discussion of the difference in case. Saul's name repeated each
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