Text -- Luke 9:40 (NET)

9:40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 9:40

¹ tn Grk “And I.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, καί (kai) has not been translated here; instead a new sentence was started in the translation.

² sn Note the repetition of the verb from v. 38, an indication of the father’s desperation.

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁴ tn The words “do so” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied for clarity and stylistic reasons.