Luke 12:56

12:56 You hypocrites! ¹  You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how ²  to interpret the present time?

Luke 13:1

A Call to Repent

13:1 Now ³  there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. ⁴ 

Luke 18:30

18:30 who will not receive many times more ⁵  in this age ⁶  – and in the age to come, eternal life.” ⁷ 

Luke 20:10

20:10 When harvest time came, he sent a slave ⁸  to the tenants so that they would give ⁹  him his portion of the crop. ¹⁰  However, the tenants beat his slave ¹¹  and sent him away empty-handed.

Luke 21:36

21:36 But stay alert at all times, ¹²  praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must ¹³  happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

¹ sn In Luke, the term hypocrites occurs here, in 6:42, and in 13:15.

² tc Most mss (Ì⁴⁵ A W Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï lat) have a syntax here that reflects a slightly different rhetorical question: “but how do you not interpret the present time?” The reading behind the translation, however, has overall superior support: Ì⁷⁵ א B L Θ 33 892 1241 pc.

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

⁴ sn This is an event that otherwise is unattested, though several events similar to it are noted in Josephus (J. W. 2.9.2-4 [2.169-177]; Ant. 13.13.5 [13.372-73], 18.3.1-2 [18.55-62]; 18.4.1 [18.85-87]). It would have caused a major furor.

⁵ sn Jesus reassures his disciples with a promise that (1) much benefit in this life (many times more) and (2) eternal life in the age to come will be given.

⁶ tn Grk “this time” (καιρός, kairos), but for stylistic reasons this has been translated “this age” here.

⁷ sn Note that Luke (see also Matt 19:29; Mark 10:30; Luke 10:25) portrays eternal life as something one receives in the age to come, unlike John, who emphasizes the possibility of receiving eternal life in the present (John 5:24).

⁷ sn This slave (along with the next two) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected.

⁸ tc Instead of the future indicative δώσουσιν (dwsousin, “they will give”), most witnesses (C D W Θ Ψ Ë¹ Ï) have the aorist subjunctive δῶσιν (dwsin, “they might give”). The aorist subjunctive is expected following ἵνα ({ina, “so that”), so it is almost surely a motivated reading. Further, early and excellent witnesses, as well as a few others (א A B ˹³ 33 579 1241 2542 al), have δώσουσιν. It is thus more likely that the future indicative is authentic. For a discussion of this construction, see BDF §369.2.

⁹ tn Grk “from the fruit of the vineyard.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the slave sent by the owner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ sn The call to be alert at all times is a call to remain faithful in looking for the Lord’s return.

¹⁰ tn For the translation of μέλλω (mellw) as “must,” see L&N 71.36.