Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Matthew: Chapter 13]
Gospels, but occurs in the Pauline Epistles. It means to fill up
like a cup, to fill another's place (1Co 14:16), to fill up
what is lacking (Php 2:30). Here it means that the prophecy of
Isaiah is fully satisfied in the conduct of the Pharisees and
Jesus himself points it out. Note two ways of reproducing the
Hebrew idiom (infinitive absolute), one by \ako•i\ the other by
\blepontes\. Note also the strong negative \ou m•\ with aorist
subjunctive.
13:15 {Is waxed gross} (\epachunth•\). Aorist passive tense. From
\pachus\, thick, fat, stout. Made callous or dull -- even fatty
degeneration of the heart. {Dull of hearing} (\tois •sin bare•s
•kousan\). Another aorist. Literally, "They heard (or hear)
heavily with their ears." The hard of hearing are usually
sensitive. {Their eyes they have closed} (\tous ophthalmous aut•n
ekammusan\). The epic and vernacular verb \kammu•\ is from
\katamu•\ (to shut down). We say shut up of the mouth, but the
eyes really shut down. The Hebrew verb in Isa 6:10 means to
smear over. The eyes can be smeared with wax or cataract and thus
closed. "Sealing up the eyes was an oriental punishment"
(Vincent). See Isa 29:10; 44:18. {Lest} (\m•pote\). This
negative purpose as a judgment is left in the quotation from
Isaiah. It is a solemn thought for all who read or hear the word
of God. {And I should heal them} (\kai iasomai autous\). Here the
LXX changes to the future indicative rather than the aorist
subjunctive as before.
13:16 {Blessed are your eyes} (\hum•n de makarioi hoi
ophthalmoi\). A beatitude for the disciples in contrast with the
Pharisees. Note position of "Happy" here also as in the
Beatitudes in Mt 5.
13:18 {Hear then ye the parable} (\humeis oun akousate t•n
parabol•n\). Jesus has given in 13:13 one reason for his use of
parables, the condemnation which the Pharisees have brought on
themselves by their spiritual dulness: "Therefore I speak to them
in parables" (\dia touto en parab•lais antois lal•\). He can go
on preaching the mysteries of the kingdom without their
comprehending what he is saying, but he is anxious that the
disciples really get personal knowledge (\gn•nai\, verse 11) of
these same mysteries. So he explains in detail what he means to
teach by the Parable of the Sower. He appeals to them (note
position of \h–meis\) to listen as he explains.
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