Luke 1:18-19

1:18 Zechariah ¹  said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? ²  For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.” ³  1:19 The ⁴  angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands ⁵  in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring ⁶  you this good news.

Luke 2:48

2:48 When ⁷  his parents ⁸  saw him, they were overwhelmed. His ⁹  mother said to him, “Child, ¹⁰  why have you treated ¹¹  us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.” ¹² 

Luke 7:8

7:8 For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. ¹³  I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, ¹⁴  and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ¹⁵ 

Luke 10:35

10:35 The ¹⁶  next day he took out two silver coins ¹⁷  and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’ ¹⁸ 

Luke 19:22

19:22 The king ¹⁹  said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, ²⁰  you wicked slave! ²¹  So you knew, did you, that I was a severe ²²  man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

Luke 21:8

21:8 He ²³  said, “Watch out ²⁴  that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ ²⁵  and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them!

Luke 23:14

23:14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading ²⁶  the people. When I examined him before you, I ²⁷  did not find this man guilty ²⁸  of anything you accused him of doing.

Luke 24:39

24:39 Look at my hands and my feet; it’s me! ²⁹  Touch me and see; a ghost ³⁰  does not have flesh and bones like you see I have.”

Luke 24:49

24:49 And look, I am sending you ³¹  what my Father promised. ³²  But stay in the city ³³  until you have been clothed with power ³⁴  from on high.”

¹ tn Grk “And Zechariah.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Grk “How will I know this?”

³ tn Grk “is advanced in days” (an idiom for old age).

⁴ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁵ tn Grk “the one who is standing before God.”

⁶ tn Grk “to announce these things of good news to you.”

⁷ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁸ tn Grk “when they”; the referent (his parents) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Grk “And his.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁰ tn The Greek word here is τέκνον (teknon) rather than υἱός (Juios, “son”).

¹¹ tn Or “Child, why did you do this to us?”

¹² tn Or “your father and I have been terribly worried looking for you.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “having soldiers under me.”

¹¹ sn I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes. The illustrations highlight the view of authority the soldier sees in the word of one who has authority. Since the centurion was a commander of a hundred soldiers, he understood what it was both to command others and to be obeyed.

¹² tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

¹³ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁴ tn Grk “two denarii.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “when I come back”; the words “this way” are part of an English idiom used to translate the phrase.

¹⁶ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷ tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).

¹⁸ tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”

¹⁹ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

¹⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²⁰ tn Or “Be on guard.”

²¹ tn That is, “I am the Messiah.”

²² tn This term also appears in v. 2.

²³ tn Grk “behold, I” A transitional use of ἰδού (idou) has not been translated here.

²⁴ tn Grk “nothing did I find in this man by way of cause.” The reference to “nothing” is emphatic.

²⁵ tn Grk “that it is I myself.”

²⁶ tn See tc note on “ghost” in v. 37.

²⁸ tn Grk “sending on you.”

²⁹ tn Grk “the promise of my Father,” with τοῦ πατρός (tou patros) translated as a subjective genitive. This is a reference to the Holy Spirit and looks back to how one could see Messiah had come with the promise of old (Luke 3:15-18). The promise is rooted in Jer 31:31 and Ezek 36:26.

³⁰ sn The city refers to Jerusalem.

³¹ sn Until you have been clothed with power refers to the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. What the Spirit supplies is enablement. See Luke 12:11-12; 21:12-15. The difference the Spirit makes can be seen in Peter (compare Luke 22:54-62 with Acts 2:14-41).