Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 9:36 - 9:36

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Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 9:36 - 9:36


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When the voice came (en toi genesthai tēn phōnēn). Another example of Luke’s idiom, this time with the second aorist middle infinitive. Literally, “on the coming as to the voice” (accusative of general reference). It does not mean that it was “after” the voice was past that Jesus was found alone, but simultaneously with it (ingressive aorist tense).

Alone (monos). Same adjective in Mar 9:8; Mat 17:8 translated “only.” Should be rendered “alone” there also.

They held their peace (esigēsan). Ingressive aorist active of common verb sigaō, became silent. In Mar 9:9; Mat 17:9, Jesus commanded them not to tell till His Resurrection from the dead. Luke notes that they in awe obeyed that command and it turns out that they finally forgot the lesson of this night’s great experience. By and by they will be able to tell them, but not “in those days.”

Which they had seen (hōn heōrakan). Attraction of the relative ha into the case of the unexpressed antecedent toutōn. Perfect active indicative heōrakan with Koiné (papyri) form for the ancient heōrakāsin changed by analogy to the first aorist ending in -an instead of -asin.