Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 2:27 - 2:27

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Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 2:27 - 2:27


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When the parents brought in the child Jesus (en tōi eisagagein tous goneis to paidion Iēsoun). A neat Greek and Hebrew idiom difficult to render into English, very common in the lxx; In the bringing the Child Jesus as to the parents. The articular infinitive and two accusatives (one the object, the other accusative of general reference).

After the custom of the law (kata to eithismenon tou nomou). Here the perfect passive participle eithismenon, neuter singular from ethizō (common Greek verb, to accustom) is used as a virtual substantive like to ethos in Luk 1:8. Luke alone in the N.T. uses either word save ethos in Joh 19:40, though eiōtha from ethō, occurs also in Mat 27:15; Mar 10:1.