Matthew 8:6
Tormented [β α σ α ν ι ζ ο μ ε ν ο ς]. See on torments, Matthew 4:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
Tormented [β α σ α ν ι ζ ο μ ε ν ο ς]. See on torments, Matthew 4:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
Heal [θ ε ρ α π ε υ σ ω]. So A. V. and Rev. The word, however, originally means to attend, and to treat medically. The centurion uses another and stronger word, shall be healed [ι α θ η σ ε τ α ι]. Luke, who as a physician is precise in the use of medical terms, uses both words in one verse (ix. 11)... [ Continue Reading ]
Also [κ α ι]. Omitted in A. V., but very important. "I also am a man under authority," as well as thou. (Tynd., I also myself). The centurion compares the Lord's position with his own. Christ had authority over disease. The centurion also was in authority over soldiers. As the centurion had only to... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall sit down [α ν α κ λ ι θ η σ ο ν τ α ι]. Lit., recline. The picture is that of a banquet. Jews as well as Romans reclined at table on couches.... [ Continue Reading ]
The outer [τ ο ε ξ ω τ ε ρ ο ν]. The Greek order of words is very forcible. " They shall be cast forth into the darkness, the outer (darkness). The picture is of an illuminated banqueting chamber, outside of which is the thick darkness of night.... [ Continue Reading ]
Was healed [ι α θ η]. Note that the stronger word of the centurion (ver. 8) is used here. Where Christ tends, he heals.... [ Continue Reading ]
Sick of a fever [π υ ρ ε σ σ ο υ σ α ν]. Derived from pur, fire. Our word fever comes through the German feuer.... [ Continue Reading ]
Bare [ε β α σ τ α σ ε ν]. This translation is correct. The word does not mean "he took away," but "he bore," as a burden laid upon him. This passage is the corner - stone of the faith - cure theory, which claims that the atonement of Christ includes provision for bodily no less than for spiritual he... [ Continue Reading ]
Holes [φ ω λ ε ο υ ς]. Wyc. has ditches, with burrows in explanation. Nests [κ α τ α σ κ η ν ω σ ε ι ς]. Only here and in the parallel, Luke 9:58. Nests is too limited. The word, derived from skhnh, a tent, has the more general meaning of shelter or habitation. In classical Greek it is used of an e... [ Continue Reading ]
Tempest [σ ε ι σ μ ο ς]. Lit., shaking. Used of an earthquake. The narrative indicates a sudden storm. Dr. Thomson (" Land and Book ") says : "Such winds are not only violent, but they come down suddenly, and often when the sky is perfectly clear.... To understand the causes of these sudden and viol... [ Continue Reading ]
The tombs [μ ν η μ ε ι ω ν]. Chambers excavated in the mountain, which would afford a shelter to the demoniac. Chandler (" Travels in Asia Minor ") describes tombs with two square rooms, the lower containing the ashes, while the upper, the friends performed funeral rites, and poured libations throug... [ Continue Reading ]
A steep place [τ ο υ κ ρ η μ ν ο υ]. Much better the steep (Rev.). Not an overhanding precipice, but a steep, almost perpendicular declivity, between the base of which and the water was a narrow margin of ground, in which there was not room for the swine to recover from their headlong rush. Dr. Thom... [ Continue Reading ]