Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 23]
lal•sai soi\). Same idiom as in verse 17,19, but \lal•sai\ here
instead of \apaggeilai\.
23:19 {Took him by the hand} (\epilabomenos t•s cheiros autou\).
Kindly touch in Lysias, _ut fiduciam adolescentis confirmaret_
(Bengel). Note genitive with the second aorist middle (indirect,
to himself) of \epilamban•\ as in Lu 8:54 with \krat•sas\ which
see. How old the young man (\neanias\) was we do not know, but it
is the very word used of Paul in 7:58 when he helped in the
killing of Stephen, a young man in the twenties probably. See
also 20:9 of Eutychus. He is termed \neaniskos\ in verse 22.
{Asked him privately} (\kat' idian epunthaneto\). Imperfect
middle, began to ask (inchoative).
23:20 {The Jews} (\hoi Ioudaioi\). As if the whole nation was in
the conspiracy and so in verse 12. The conspirators may have
belonged to the Zealots, but clearly they represented the state
of Jewish feeling toward Paul in Jerusalem. {Have agreed}
(\sunethento\). Second aorist middle indicative of \suntith•mi\,
old verb to join together, to agree. Already this form in Lu
22:5 which see. See also Joh 9:22; Ac 24:9. {To bring down}
(\hop•s katagag•is\). Very words of the conspirators in verse
15 as if the young man overheard. Second aorist active
subjunctive of \katag•\ with \hop•s\ in final clause, still used,
but nothing like so common as \hina\ though again in verse 23
(Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 985). {As though thou wouldest inquire}
(\h•s mell•n punthanesthai\). Just as in verse 15 except that
here \mell•n\ refers to Lysias instead of to the conspirators as
in verse 15. The singular is used by the youth out of deference
to the authority of Lysias and so modifies a bit the scheming of
the conspirators, not "absurd" as Page holds.
23:21 {Do not therefore yield unto them} (\Su oun m• peisth•is
autois\). First aorist passive subjunctive of \peith•\, common
verb, here to be persuaded by, to listen to, to obey, to yield
to. With negative and rightly. Do not yield to them (dative) at
all. On the aorist subjunctive with \m•\ in prohibitions against
committing an act see Robertson, _Grammar_, pp. 851-4. {For there
lie in wait} (\enedreuousin gar\). Present active indicative of
\enedreu•\, old verb from \enedra\ (verse 16), in the N.T. only
here and Lu 11:54 which see. {Till they have slain him} (\he•s
hou anel•sin auton\). Same idiom as in verse 12 save that here
we have \anel•sin\ (second aorist active subjunctive) instead of
\apoktein•sin\ (another word for kill), "till they slay him."
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