Luke 2:39

2:39 So ¹  when Joseph and Mary ²  had performed ³  everything according to the law of the Lord, ⁴  they returned to Galilee, to their own town ⁵  of Nazareth. ⁶ 

Luke 4:31

Ministry in Capernaum

4:31 So ⁷  he went down to Capernaum, ⁸  a town ⁹  in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people. ¹⁰ 

Luke 17:11

The Grateful Leper

17:11 Now on ¹¹  the way to Jerusalem, ¹²  Jesus ¹³  was passing along ¹⁴  between Samaria and Galilee.

Luke 24:6

24:6 He is not here, but has been raised! ¹⁵  Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, ¹⁶ 

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.

² tn Grk “when they”; the referents (Joseph and Mary) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Or “completed.”

⁴ sn On the phrase the law of the Lord see Luke 2:22-23.

⁵ tn Or “city.”

⁶ map For location see Map1-D3; Map2-C2; Map3-D5; Map4-C1; Map5-G3.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the continuation of the topic; in light of his rejection at Nazareth, Jesus went on to Capernaum.

⁸ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region, and it became the hub of operations for Jesus’ Galilean ministry.

⁹ tn Or “city.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Grk “Now it happened that on.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

¹⁴ sn This is another travel note about Jesus going to Jerusalem in Luke 9:51-19:48, the so-called “Jerusalem journey” section of Luke’s Gospel. It is not a straight line journey, because to travel along the Galilean and Samaritan border is to go east or west, not south to Jerusalem.

¹⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Or “was traveling about.”

¹⁹ tc The phrase “He is not here, but has been raised” is omitted by a few mss (D it), but it has wide ms support and differs slightly from the similar statement in Matt 28:6 and Mark 16:6. Although NA²⁷ places the phrase at the beginning of v. 6, as do most modern English translations, it is omitted from the RSV and placed at the end of v. 5 in the NRSV.

²⁰ sn While he was still in Galilee looks back to the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. So the point is that this was announced long ago, and should come as no surprise.