Ezekiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ¹  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ²  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ³ 

Luke 2:46

2:46 After ⁴  three days ⁵  they found him in the temple courts, ⁶  sitting among the teachers, ⁷  listening to them and asking them questions.

Luke 8:35

8:35 So ⁸  the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They ⁹  found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

Luke 10:39

10:39 She ¹⁰  had a sister named Mary, who sat ¹¹  at the Lord’s feet ¹²  and listened to what he said.

Acts 22:3

22:3 “I am a Jew, ¹³  born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up ¹⁴  in this city, educated with strictness ¹⁵  under ¹⁶  Gamaliel ¹⁷  according to the law of our ancestors, ¹⁸  and was ¹⁹  zealous ²⁰  for God just as all of you are today.

¹ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

² tn Or “power.”

³ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.

⁴ tn Grk “And it happened that after.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁵ sn Three days means there was one day out, another day back, and a third day of looking in Jerusalem.

⁶ tn Grk “the temple.”

⁷ tn This is the only place in Luke’s Gospel where the term διδάσκαλος (didaskalo", “teacher”) is applied to Jews.

⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the people’s response to the report.

⁹ tn Grk “Jesus, and they.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹¹ tn This reflexive makes it clear that Mary took the initiative in sitting by Jesus.

¹² sn The description of Mary sitting at the Lord’s feet and listening to him makes her sound like a disciple (compare Luke 8:35).

¹³ tn Grk “a Jewish man.”

¹⁴ tn BDAG 74 s.v. ἀνατρέφω b has “of mental and spiritual nurture bring up, rear, train…ἀνατεθραμμένος ἐν τ. πόλει ταύτῃ 22:3.”

¹⁵ tn Or “with precision.” Although often translated “strictly” this can be misunderstood for “solely” in English. BDAG 39 s.v. ἀκρίβεια gives the meaning as “exactness, precision.” To avoid the potential misunderstanding the translation “with strictness” is used, although it is slightly more awkward than “strictly.”

¹⁶ tn Grk “strictly at the feet of” (an idiom).

¹⁷ tn Or “brought up in this city under Gamaliel, educated with strictness…” The phrase παρὰ τοὺς πόδας Γαμαλιὴλ (para tou" poda" Gamalihl) could be understood with what precedes or with what follows. The punctuation of NA²⁷ and UBS⁴, which place a comma after ταύτῃ (tauth), has been followed in the translation.

¹⁸ tn Or “our forefathers.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “ancestors, being.” The participle ὑπάρχων (Juparcwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

²⁰ tn BDAG 427 s.v. ζηλωτής 1.a.α has “of pers. …ζ. τοῦ θεοῦ one who is loyal to God Ac 22:3.”