OT-HISTORY.filter - rwp Matthew:11:7:

rwp@3John:1:13 @{I had} (\eichon\). Imperfect active of \ech\, when I began to write (\grapsai\, ingressive aorist active infinitive of \graph\). {I am unwilling to write} (\ou thel graphein\). "I do not wish to go on writing them. {With ink and pen} (\dia melanos kai kalamou\), "by means of (\dia\) black (ink) and reed (used as pen)." See strkjv@2John:1:12| for \melanos\ and strkjv@Matthew:11:7| for \kalamos\, used for papyrus and parchment, as \grapheion\ (a sharp stilus) for wax tablets.

rwp@Hebrews:12:26 @{Then shook} (\esaleusen tote\). Old verb as in strkjv@Matthew:11:7|. {He hath promised} (\epggeltai\). Perfect middle indicative of \epaggell\ and it still holds. He quotes strkjv@Haggai:2:6|. {Will I make to tremble} (\seis\). Old and strong verb (here future active) \sei\, to agitate, to cause to tremble as in strkjv@Matthew:21:10|. The author applies this "yet once more" (\eti hapax\) and the reference to heaven (\ton ouranon\) to the second and final "shaking" at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ for judgement (9:28|).

rwp@Matthew:11:7 @{As these went their way} (\toutn poreuomenn\). Present participle genitive absolute. The eulogy of Jesus was spoken as the two disciples of John were going away. Is it a matter of regret that they did not hear this wondrous praise of John that they might cheer him with it? "It may almost be called the funeral oration of the Baptist, for not long afterwards Herodias compassed his death" (Plummer). {A reed shaken by the wind} (\kalamon hupo anemou saleuomenon\). Latin _calamus_. Used of the reeds that grew in plenty in the Jordan Valley where John preached, of a staff made of a reed (Matthew:27:29|), as a measuring rod (Revelation:11:1|), of a writer's pen (3John:1:13|). The reeds by the Jordan bent with the wind, but not so John.