Luke 2:12

2:12 This ¹  will be a sign ²  for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.” ³ 

Luke 11:9

11:9 “So ⁴  I tell you: Ask, ⁵  and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door ⁶  will be opened for you.

Luke 19:30

19:30 telling them, ⁷  “Go to the village ahead of you. ⁸  When ⁹  you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ¹⁰  Untie it and bring it here.

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

² sn The sign functions for the shepherds like Elizabeth’s conception served for Mary in 1:36.

³ tn Or “a feeding trough,” see Luke 2:7.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai, from καγώ [kagw]) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion drawn from the preceding parable.

⁵ sn The three present imperatives in this verse (Ask…seek…knock) are probably intended to call for a repeated or continual approach before God.

⁶ tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “saying.”

⁸ tn Grk “the village lying before [you]” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.a).

⁹ tn Grk “in which entering.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰ tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”