Luke 22:65

22:65 They also said many other things against him, reviling 1  him.

Luke 3:18

3:18 And in this way, 2  with many other exhortations, John 3  proclaimed good news to the people.

Luke 17:35

17:35 There will be two women grinding grain together; 4  one will be taken and the other left.”

Luke 11:26

11:26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so 5  the last state of that person 6  is worse than the first.” 7 

1 tn Or “insulting.” Luke uses a strong word here; it means “to revile, to defame, to blaspheme” (L&N 33.400).

2 tn On construction μὲν οὖν καί (men oun kai), see BDF §451.1.

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

3 tn Grk “at the same place.” According to L&N 46.16, this refers to a hand mill normally operated by two women.

4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.

5 tn Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.

6 sn The point of the story is that to fail to respond is to risk a worse fate than when one started.