Luke 12:39

12:39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief 1  was coming, he would not have let 2  his house be broken into.

Luke 20:2

20:2 and said to him, 3  “Tell us: By what authority 4  are you doing these things? 5  Or who it is who gave you this authority?”

Luke 24:19

24:19 He 6  said to them, “What things?” “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied, “a man 7  who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet 8  before God and all the people;

1 sn On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.

2 tc Most mss (א1 A B L Q W Θ Ψ 070 Ë1,13 33 Ï lat syp,h sams bo) read “he would have watched and not let” here, but this looks like an assimilation to Matt 24:43. The alliance of two important and early mss along with a few others (Ì75 א* [D] e i sys,c samss), coupled with much stronger internal evidence, suggests that the shorter reading is authentic.

3 tn Grk “and said, saying to him.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

4 tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.

5 sn The leadership is looking back to acts like the temple cleansing (19:45-48). How could a Galilean preacher do these things?

5 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

6 tn This translates the Greek term ἀνήρ (anhr).

7 sn The role of Jesus as prophet is a function Luke frequently mentions: 4:25-27; 9:35; 13:31-35.