Luke 1:20

1:20 And now, ¹  because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, ²  you will be silent, unable to speak, ³  until the day these things take place.”

Luke 21:23

21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress ⁴  on the earth and wrath against this people.

Luke 24:18

24:18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, ⁵  “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know ⁶  the things that have happened there ⁷  in these days?”

¹ tn Grk “behold.”

² sn The predicted fulfillment in the expression my words, which will be fulfilled in their time takes place in Luke 1:63-66.

³ sn Silent, unable to speak. Actually Zechariah was deaf and mute as 1:61-63 indicates, since others had to use gestures to communicate with him.

⁴ sn Great distress means that this is a period of great judgment.

⁷ tn Grk “answering him, said.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

⁸ sn There is irony and almost a sense of mocking disbelief as the question “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that have happened there in these days?” comes to Jesus; but, of course, the readers know what the travelers do not.

⁹ tn Grk “in it” (referring to the city of Jerusalem).