Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Matthäus 17,15Epileptic (σεληνιαζετα). Literally, "moonstruck," "lunatic." The symptoms of epilepsy were supposed to be aggravated by the changes of the moon (cf. Matthew 4:24). He has it bad (κακως εχε) as often in the Synoptic Gospels.
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Markus 1,33... stood in the door and healed the great crowds in the glory of that sunset. He loved to tell it afterwards. Divers diseases (ποικιλαις νοσοις). See Matthew 4:24 about ποικιλος meaning many-coloured, variegated. All sorts of sick folk came and were healed.
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Markus 6,48Seeing them distressed in rowing (ιδων αυτους βασανιζομενους εν τω ελαυνειν). See also Matthew 8:29 for the word βασανιζω, to torture, torment (Matthew 4:24) with a touch-stone, then to distress as here. Papyri have δια βασανων used on slaves like our third degree for criminals. Ελαυνειν is literally to ...
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Lukas 4,38... tense accenting the continuous fever, perhaps chronic and certainly severe. Luke employs this verb nine times and only three others in the N.T. (Matthew 4:24 passive with diseases here; 2. Corinthians 5:14 active; Philippians 1:23 passive). In Acts 28:8 the passive "with dysentery" is like the ...
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Lukas 4,40... all the chronic cases. With divers diseases (νοσοις ποικιλαις). Instrumental case. For "divers" say "many coloured" or "variegated." See on Matthew 4:24; Mark 1:34. Brought (ηγαγον). Constative summary second aorist active indicative like Matthew 8:16, προσενεγκαν, where Mark 1:32 has the ...
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Epheser 3,10... God (η πολυποικιλος σοφια του θεου). Old and rare word, much-variegated, with many colours. Only here in N.T. Ποικιλος (variegated) is more common (Matthew 4:24).
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Lukas 7,2... 2:4; Philippians 2:29), common Greek word. Even though a slave he was dear to him. Was sick (κακως εχων). Having it bad. Common idiom. See already Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:16; Mark 2:17; Luke 5:31, etc. Matthew 8:6 notes that the slave was a paralytic. And at the point of death (ημελλεν τελευταιν). Imperfect ...
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Hebräer 2,4... attention, δυναμις (power) shows God's power, σημειον reveals the purpose of God in the miracles. For ποικιλαις (manifold, many-coloured) see Matthew 4:24; James 1:2. For μερισμος for distribution (old word, in N.T. only here and Hebrews 4:12) see 1. Corinthians 12:4-30. According to his own will (κατα ...
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Lukas 16,23... The touchstone by which gold and other metals were tested, then the rack for torturing people. Old word, but in the N.T. only here, Luke 16:28; Matthew 4:24. Sees (ορα). Dramatic present indicative. The Jews believed that Gehenna and Paradise were close together. This detail in the parable does not ...
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Jakobus 1,2... harmless, but wrongly met become temptations to evil. The adjective ποικιλος (manifold) is as old as Homer and means variegated, many coloured as in Matthew 4:24; 2. Timothy 3:6; Hebrews 2:4. In 1. Peter 1:6 we have this same phrase. It is a bold demand that James here makes.
Biblische Namen (Abraham Meister)Biblische Namen D... Teil am linken Jordanufer gelegene Landschaft, die zehn Städte umfaßte, nach denen sie benannt war. Die Namen dieser Städte stehen nicht fest. (Vgl. Mt 4,25; Mk 5,20; 7,31). Deker siehe Ben-Deker. Dela/a = Jahwe hat gerettet; nach anderer Obersetzung: «Geschöpft, befreit hat Jahwe.» Nach der Wurzel ...
Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures (Archibald T. Robertson)Kommentar zu Matthäus 4,25Great multitudes (οχλο πολλο). Note the plural, not just one crowd, but crowds and crowds. And from all parts of Palestine including Decapolis, the region of the Ten Greek Cities east of the Jordan. No political campaign was equal to this outpouring of the people to hear Jesus and to be healed by ...
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