1 Samuel 20:31-33

20:31 For as long as ¹  this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men ²  and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!” ³ 

20:32 Jonathan responded to his father Saul, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?” 20:33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan ⁴  in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced ⁵  that his father had decided to kill David.

Luke 23:21-23

23:21 But they kept on shouting, ⁶  “Crucify, crucify ⁷  him!” 23:22 A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty ⁸  of no crime deserving death. ⁹  I will therefore flog ¹⁰  him and release him.” 23:23 But they were insistent, ¹¹  demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.

¹ tn Heb “all the days that.”

² tn The words “some men” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “a son of death.”

⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “knew.”

⁶ tn Grk “shouting, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated here.

⁷ tn This double present imperative is emphatic.

⁸ tn Grk “no cause of death I found in him.”

⁹ sn The refrain of innocence comes once again. Pilate tried to bring some sense of justice, believing Jesus had committed no crime deserving death.

¹⁰ tn Or “scourge” (BDAG 749 s.v. παιδεύω 2.b.γ). See the note on “flogged” in v. 16.

¹¹ tn Though a different Greek term is used here (BDAG 373 s.v. ἐπίκειμαι), this remark is like 23:5.