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THE APOSTLE OF THE RECONCILIATION
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5. Apotinassein.-`Shake off the very dust' (Luke 9:5).
`He shook off the beast' (Acts 28:5).
6. Diistemi.-`About an hour having intervened' (Luke 22:59).
`A short space having intervened' (A.V. `Gone a little further') (Acts 27:28).
7. Epimeleia and epimelomai.-`Took care of him' (Luke 10:34).
`To refresh himself' (R.V. margin. Gk. to receive attention) (Acts 27:3).
8. Epiphanein.-`To give light to them' (Luke 1:79).
`Neither sun nor stars appeared' (Acts 27:20).
9. Euthetos.-`Looking back is fit' (Luke 9:62).
Aneuthetos.-`The haven was not commodious' (Acts 27:12).
10. Katakolouthein.-`The women followed after' (Luke 23:55).
`The same followed Paul' (Acts 16:17).
11. Thrix ek tes kephales apoleitai.-`There shall not an hair of your head perish' (Luke 21:18).
`There shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you' (Acts 27:34).
12 Notos (with reference to the wind).-`The south wind' (Luke 12:55; Acts 27:13; 28:13).
13. Parabiazesthai.-`And they constrained Him' (Luke 24:29).
`And she constrained us' (Acts 16:15).
14. Peripiptein.-`Fell among thieves' (Luke 10:30).
`Falling into a place' (Acts 27:41).
15. Plein.-`And as they sailed' (Luke 8:23).
`To sail' (Acts 27:2,6,24).
16. Plethos (of things).-`A great multitude' (Luke 5:6).
`A bundle of sticks' (Acts 28:3).
17. Trachus.-`Rough ways shall be made smooth' (Luke 3:5).
`Fallen upon rocks' (Acts 27:29).
18. Me phobou (with vocative).-`Fear not, Zacharias' (Luke 1:13).
`Fear not, Paul' (Acts 27:24).
No. 2 is peculiar to Luke. Euriskein is used by Matthew 27 times; and, with the exceptions stated, is the word
constantly used in the New Testament.
No. 5.- While Matthew 10:14 and Mark 6:11 use ektinassein to translate the original word spoken by the Lord,
Luke uses apotinassein; Acts 13:51 shows that Luke could have used the other word.
No. 14.- Piptein, to fall, is used in combination with apo, away; ek, out of; en, in; epi, upon; kata, down; para,
near; peri, around; pros, towards; yet Luke alone of the Gospel writers uses peripiptein. The word means `to fall
around any one so as to embrace'; or, `to fall so as to be surrounded by anything'. How aptly this conveys the idea of
a man suddenly surprised and surrounded; how fittingly also it draws the picture of the ship falling into a place
where two seas met! Luke, who joined the apostle at the seaport, Troas, and who so graphically and even
technically described the handling of the ship on the memorable voyage of Acts 27, he alone of all the evangelists
introduces the word `to sail', in the narrative of the Gospel (No. 15).
It is strange also to note that while Matthew, Mark, and John are content to quote of John the Baptist,
`Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight',