Luke 1:25

1:25 “This is what ¹  the Lord has done for me at the time ²  when he has been gracious to me, ³  to take away my disgrace ⁴  among people.” ⁵ 

Luke 2:44

2:44 but (because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) ⁶  they went a day’s journey. Then ⁷  they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances. ⁸ 

¹ tn Grk “Thus.”

² tn Grk “in the days.”

³ tn Grk “has looked on me” (an idiom for taking favorable notice of someone).

⁴ sn Barrenness was often seen as a reproach or disgrace (Lev 20:20-21; Jer 22:30), but now at her late age (the exact age is never given in Luke’s account), God had miraculously removed it (see also Luke 1:7).

⁵ tn Grk “among men”; but the context clearly indicates a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") here.

⁶ sn An ancient journey like this would have involved a caravan of people who traveled together as a group for protection and fellowship.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁸ tn Or “and friends.” See L&N 28.30 and 34.17.