Luke 4:21

4:21 Then ¹  he began to tell them, “Today ²  this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.” ³ 

Luke 7:49

7:49 But ⁴  those who were at the table ⁵  with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”

Luke 13:26

13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ⁶ 

Luke 23:30

23:30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ⁷  ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ ⁸ 

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² sn See the note on today in 2:11.

³ tn Grk “in your hearing.”

⁴ tn Grk “And”; here καί (kai) has been translated as an adversative (contrastive).

⁵ tn Grk “were reclining at table.”

⁷ sn This term refers to wide streets, and thus suggests the major streets of a city.

¹⁰ sn The figure of crying out to the mountains ‘Fall on us!’ (appealing to creation itself to hide them from God’s wrath), means that a time will come when people will feel they are better off dead (Hos 10:8).

¹¹ sn An allusion to Hos 10:8 (cf. Rev 6:16).