Luk 21:34 | RWP | e4.org | Lest haply your hearts be overcharged ( μη ποτε βαρηθωσιν α καρδια υμων ). First aorist passive subjunctive of βαρεω , an old verb to weigh down, depress, with μη ποτε . With surfeiting ( εν κρεπαλη ). A rather late word, common in medical writers for the nausea that follows a debauch. Latin crapula , the giddiness caused by too much wine. Here only in the N.T. Drunkenness ( μεθη ). From μεθυ (wine). Old word but in the N.T. only here and ; . Cares of this life ( μεριμναις βιωτικαις ). Anxieties of life. The adjective βιωτικος is late and in the N.T. only here and . Come on you ( επιστη ). Second aorist active subjunctive of εφιστημ , ingressive aorist. Construed also with μη ποτε . Suddenly ( εφνιδιος ). Adjective in predicate agreeing with ημερα (day). As a snare ( ως παγις ). Old word from πηγνυμ , to make fast a net or trap. Paul uses it several times of the devil's snares for preachers ( ; ).

‏ Luke 21:34

Lest haply your hearts be overcharged ( μη ποτε βαρηθωσιν α καρδια υμων ). First aorist passive subjunctive of βαρεω, an old verb to weigh down, depress, with μη ποτε.

With surfeiting ( εν κρεπαλη ). A rather late word, common in medical writers for the nausea that follows a debauch. Latin crapula, the giddiness caused by too much wine. Here only in the N.T.

Drunkenness ( μεθη ). From μεθυ (wine). Old word but in the N.T. only here and Ro 13:13; Ga 5:21.

Cares of this life ( μεριμναις βιωτικαις ). Anxieties of life. The adjective βιωτικος is late and in the N.T. only here and 1Co 6:3f.

Come on you ( επιστη ). Second aorist active subjunctive of εφιστημ, ingressive aorist. Construed also with μη ποτε.

Suddenly ( εφνιδιος ). Adjective in predicate agreeing with ημερα (day).

As a snare ( ως παγις ). Old word from πηγνυμ, to make fast a net or trap. Paul uses it several times of the devil's snares for preachers (1Ti 3:7; 2Ti 2:26).