Luke 1:63

1:63 He ¹  asked for a writing tablet ²  and wrote, ³  “His name is John.” And they were all amazed. ⁴ 

Luke 2:23

2:23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male ⁵  will be set apart to the Lord” ⁶ ),

Luke 4:4

4:4 Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man ⁷  does not live by bread alone.’” ⁸ 

Luke 24:46

24:46 and said to them, “Thus it stands written that the Christ ⁹  would suffer ¹⁰  and would rise from the dead on the third day,

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

² sn The writing tablet requested by Zechariah would have been a wax tablet.

³ tn Grk “and wrote, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant is English and has not been translated.

⁴ sn The response, they were all amazed, expresses a mixture of surprise and reflection in this setting where they were so certain of what the child’s name would be.

⁵ tn Grk “every male that opens the womb” (an idiom for the firstborn male).

⁶ sn An allusion to Exod 13:2, 12, 15.

⁹ tn Or “a person.” The Greek word ὁ ἄνθρωπος (Jo anqrwpo") is used generically for humanity. The translation “man” is used because the emphasis in Jesus’ response seems to be on his dependence on God as a man.

¹⁰ tc Most mss (A [D] Θ Ψ [0102] Ë^1,13 33 Ï latt) complete the citation with ἀλλ᾿ ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι θεοῦ (ajll’ ejpi panti rJhmati qeou, “but by every word from God”), an assimilation to Matt 4:4 (which is a quotation of Deut 8:3). The shorter reading is found in א B L W 1241 pc sa. There is no good reason why scribes would omit the rest of the quotation here. The shorter reading, on both internal and external grounds, should be considered the original wording in Luke.

¹³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

¹⁴ tn Three Greek infinitives are the key to this summary: (1) to suffer, (2) to rise, and (3) to be preached. The Christ (Messiah) would be slain, would be raised, and a message about repentance would go out into all the world as a result. All of this was recorded in the scripture. The remark shows the continuity between Jesus’ ministry, the scripture, and what disciples would be doing as they declared the Lord risen.