Luke 4:29

4:29 They got up, forced ¹  him out of the town, ²  and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that ³  they could throw him down the cliff. ⁴ 

Luke 19:37

19:37 As he approached the road leading down from ⁵  the Mount of Olives, ⁶  the whole crowd of his ⁷  disciples began to rejoice ⁸  and praise ⁹  God with a loud voice for all the mighty works ¹⁰  they had seen: ¹¹ 

¹ tn Grk “cast.”

² tn Or “city.”

³ tn The Greek conjunction ὥστε (Jwste) here indicates their purpose.

⁴ sn The attempt to throw him down the cliff looks like “lynch law,” but it may really be an indication that Jesus was regarded as a false prophet who was worthy of death (Deut 13:5). Such a sentence meant being thrown into a pit and then stoned.

⁵ tn Grk “the descent of”; this could refer to either the slope of the hillside itself or the path leading down from it (the second option has been adopted for the translation, see L&N 15.109).

⁶ sn See the note on the name Mount of Olives in v. 29.

⁷ tn Grk “the”; the Greek article has been translated here as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

⁸ tn Here the participle χαίροντες (caironte") has been translated as a finite verb in English; it could also be translated adverbially as a participle of manner: “began to praise God joyfully.”

⁹ sn See 2:13, 20; Acts 2:47; 3:8-9.

¹⁰ tn Or “works of power,” “miracles.” Jesus’ ministry of miracles is what has drawn attention. See Luke 7:22.

¹¹ tn Grk “they had seen, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.