Luke 7:32

7:32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another,¹

‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance;²

we wailed in mourning,³ yet you did not weep.’

Luke 8:27

8:27 As⁴ Jesus⁵ stepped ashore,⁶ a certain man from the town⁷ met him who was possessed by demons.⁸ For a long time this man⁹ had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among¹⁰ the tombs.

Luke 10:24

10:24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see¹¹ what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

Luke 19:22

19:22 The king¹² said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words,¹³ you wicked slave!¹⁴ So you knew, did you, that I was a severe¹⁵ man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

Luke 19:44

19:44 They will demolish you¹⁶ – you and your children within your walls¹⁷ – and they will not leave within you one stone¹⁸ on top of another,¹⁹ because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”²⁰

¹tn Grk “They are like children sitting…and calling out…who say.”

²sn ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance…’ The children of this generation were making the complaint (see vv. 33-34) that others were not playing the game according to the way they played the music. John and Jesus did not follow “their tune.” Jesus’ complaint was that this generation wanted things their way, not God’s.

³tn The verb ἐθρηνήσαμεν (eqrhnhsamen) refers to the loud wailing and lamenting used to mourn the dead in public in 1st century Jewish culture.

⁴tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶tn Grk “stepped out on land.”

⁷tn Or “city.”

⁸tn Grk “who had demons.”

⁹tn Grk “he”; the referent (the demon-possessed man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Or “in.”

⁷sn This is what past prophets and kings had wanted very much to see, yet the fulfillment had come to the disciples. This remark is like 1 Pet 1:10-12 or Heb 1:1-2.

¹⁰tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).

¹²tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”

¹³tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

¹³tn Grk “They will raze you to the ground.”

¹⁴tn Grk “your children within you.” The phrase “[your] walls” has been supplied in the translation to clarify that the city of Jerusalem, metaphorically pictured as an individual, is spoken of here.

¹⁵sn (Not) one stone on top of another is an idiom for total destruction.

¹⁶tn Grk “leave stone on stone.”

¹⁷tn Grk “the time of your visitation.” To clarify what this refers to, the words “from God” are supplied at the end of the verse, although they do not occur in the Greek text.