Luke 1:24

1:24 After some time ¹  his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, ²  and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. ³  She said, ⁴ 

Luke 9:35

9:35 Then ⁵  a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. ⁶  Listen to him!” ⁷ 

Luke 15:9

15:9 Then ⁸  when she has found it, she calls together her ⁹  friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice ¹⁰  with me, for I have found the coin ¹¹  that I had lost.’

Luke 18:3

18:3 There was also a widow ¹²  in that city ¹³  who kept coming ¹⁴  to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

¹ tn Grk “After these days.” The phrase refers to a general, unspecified period of time that passes before fulfillment comes.

² tn Or “Elizabeth conceived.”

³ sn The text does not state why Elizabeth withdrew into seclusion, nor is the reason entirely clear.

⁴ tn Grk “she kept herself in seclusion, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁶ tc Most mss, especially the later ones, have ἀγαπητός (agaphto", “the one I love”; A C* W ˹³ 33 Ï it), or ἀγαπητὸς ἐν ᾧ (ἠ)υδόκησα (agaphto" en |w (h)udokhsa, “the one I love, in whom I am well pleased”; C³ D Ψ pc) here, instead of ἐκλελεγμένος (eklelegmeno", “the Chosen One”), but these variants are probably assimilations to Matt 17:5 and Mark 9:7. The text behind the translation also enjoys excellent support from Ì^45,75 א B L Ξ [phone] pc co.

⁷ sn The expression listen to him comes from Deut 18:15 and makes two points: 1) Jesus is a prophet like Moses, a leader-prophet, and 2) they have much yet to learn from him.

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁰ tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

¹¹ sn Rejoice. Besides the theme of pursuing the lost, the other theme of the parable is the joy of finding them.

¹² tn Grk “drachma.”

¹³ sn This widow was not necessarily old, since many people lived only into their thirties in the 1st century.

¹⁴ tn Or “town.”

¹⁵ tn This is an iterative imperfect; the widow did this on numerous occasions.