NT-EPISTLES.filter - rwp 984:

rwp@Acts:21:24 @{These take} (\toutous paralabn\). Second aorist active participle of \paralamban\. Taking these alone. {Purify thyself with them} (\hagnisthti sun autois\). First aorist passive imperative of \hagniz\, old verb to purify, to make pure (\hagnos\). See the active voice in strkjv@James:4:8; strkjv@1Peter:1:22; strkjv@1John:3:3|. It is possible to see the full passive force here, "Be purified." But a number of aorist passives in the _Koin_ supplant the aorist middle forms and preserve the force of the middle (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 819). That is possible here. Hence, "Purify thyself" is allowable. The word occurs in strkjv@Numbers:6:1| for taking the Nazarite vow. The point is that Paul takes the vow with them. Note \hagnismou\ in verse 26|. {Be at charges for them} (\dapanson ep' autois\). First aorist active imperative of old verb \dapana\, to incur expense, expend. Spend (money) upon (\ep'\) them. Ramsay (_St. Paul the Traveller_, etc., p. 310) argues that Paul had use of considerable money at this period, perhaps from his father's estate. The charges for five men would be considerable. "A poor man would not have been treated with the respect paid him at Caesarea, on the voyage, and at Rome" (Furneaux). {That they may shave their heads} (\hina xursontai tn kephaln\). Note \tn kephaln\, the head (singular). Future middle indicative of \xura\, late form for the old \xure\, to shave, middle to shave oneself or (causative) to get oneself shaved. This use of \hina\ with the future indicative is like the classic \hops\ with the future indicative and is common in the N.T. as in the _Koin_ (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 984). {And all shall know} (\kai gnsontai\). This future middle indicative of \ginsk\ (cf. \akousontai\ in verse 22|) may be independent of \hina\ or dependent on it like \xursontai\, though some MSS. (H L P) have \gnsin\ (second aorist subjunctive, clearly dependent on \hina\). {Of which} (\hn\). Genitive plural of the relative \ha\ (accusative) object of the perfect passive verb \katchntai\ (cf. verse 21| \katchthsan\) attracted into the case of the omitted antecedent \toutn\. The instruction still in effect. {But that thou thyself walkest orderly} (\alla stoicheis kai autos\). \Stoicheis\ is an old verb to go in a row (from \stoichos\, row, rank, series), to walk in a line or by rule. In the N.T. only here and strkjv@Galatians:5:25; strkjv@Romans:4:12; strkjv@Phillipians:3:16|. The rule is the law and Paul was not a sidestepper. The idea of the verb is made plain by the participle \phulassn ton nomon\ (keeping or observing the law).

rwp@Luke:14:10 @{Sit down} (\anapese\). Second aorist active imperative of \anapipt\, to fall up or back, to lie back or down. Late Greek word for \anaklin\ (cf. \kataklin\ in verse 8|). {He that hath bidden thee} (\ho keklks se\). Perfect active participle as in verse 12| (\ti keklkoti\) with which compare \ho kalesas\ in verse 9| (first aorist active participle). {He may say} (\erei\). The future indicative with \hina\ does occur in the _Koin_ (papyri) and so in the N.T. (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 984). {Go up higher} (\prosanabthi\). Second aorist active imperative second singular of \prosanabain\, an old double compound verb, but here only in the N.T. Probably, "Come up higher," because the call comes from the host and because of \pros\.