Gal 3:1 | RWP | e4.org | Who did bewitch you? ( τις υμας εβασκανεν? ). Somebody "fascinated" you. Some aggressive Judaizer ( ), some one man (or woman). First aorist active indicative of βασκαινω , old word kin to φασκω ( βασκω ), to speak, then to bring evil on one by feigned praise or the evil eye (hoodoo), to lead astray by evil arts. Only here in the N.T. This popular belief in the evil eye is old ( ) and persistent. The papyri give several examples of the adjective αβασκαντα , the adverb αβασκαντως (unharmed by the evil eye), the substantive βασκανια (witchcraft). Before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified ( οις κατ' οφθαλμους Ιησους Χριστος προεγραφη εσταυρωμενος ). Literally, "to whom before your very eyes Jesus Christ was portrayed as crucified." Second aorist passive indicative of προγραφω , old verb to write beforehand, to set forth by public proclamation, to placard, to post up. This last idea is found in several papyri (Moulton and Milligan's Vocabulary ) as in the case of a father who posted a proclamation that he would no longer be responsible for his son's debts. Γραφω was sometimes used in the sense of painting, but no example of προγραφω with this meaning has been found unless this is one. With that idea it would be to portray, to picture forth, a rendering not very different from placarding. The foolish Galatians were without excuse when they fell under the spell of the Judaizer. Εσταυρωμενος is perfect passive participle of σταυροω , the common verb to crucify (from σταυρος , stake, cross), to put on the cross ( ), same form as in .

‏ Galatians 3:1

Who did bewitch you? ( τις υμας εβασκανεν? ). Somebody "fascinated" you. Some aggressive Judaizer (5:7), some one man (or woman). First aorist active indicative of βασκαινω, old word kin to φασκω ( βασκω ), to speak, then to bring evil on one by feigned praise or the evil eye (hoodoo), to lead astray by evil arts. Only here in the N.T. This popular belief in the evil eye is old (De 28:54) and persistent. The papyri give several examples of the adjective αβασκαντα, the adverb αβασκαντως (unharmed by the evil eye), the substantive βασκανια (witchcraft).

Before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified ( οις κατ' οφθαλμους Ιησους Χριστος προεγραφη εσταυρωμενος ). Literally, "to whom before your very eyes Jesus Christ was portrayed as crucified." Second aorist passive indicative of προγραφω, old verb to write beforehand, to set forth by public proclamation, to placard, to post up. This last idea is found in several papyri (Moulton and Milligan's Vocabulary) as in the case of a father who posted a proclamation that he would no longer be responsible for his son's debts. Γραφω was sometimes used in the sense of painting, but no example of προγραφω with this meaning has been found unless this is one. With that idea it would be to portray, to picture forth, a rendering not very different from placarding. The foolish Galatians were without excuse when they fell under the spell of the Judaizer. Εσταυρωμενος is perfect passive participle of σταυροω, the common verb to crucify (from σταυρος, stake, cross), to put on the cross (Mt 20:19), same form as in 1Co 2:2.