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).
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