Luke 1:13

1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, ¹  and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you ²  will name him John. ³ 

Luke 18:14

18:14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified ⁴  rather than the Pharisee. ⁵  For everyone who exalts ⁶  himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

¹ tn The passive means that the prayer was heard by God.

² tn Grk “a son, and you”; καί (kai) has not been translated. Instead a semicolon is used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Grk “you will call his name John.” The future tense here functions like a command (see ExSyn 569-70). This same construction occurs in v. 31.

⁴ sn The prayer that was heard and honored was the one given with humility; in a surprising reversal it was the tax collector who went down to his home justified.

⁵ tn Grk “the other”; the referent (the Pharisee, v. 10) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn Everyone who exalts himself. See Luke 14:11. Jesus often called for humility and condemned those who sought honor.