Luke 8:16

Showing the Light

8:16 “No one lights ¹  a lamp ²  and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light. ³ 

Luke 9:16

9:16 Then ⁴  he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks ⁵  and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Luke 10:40

10:40 But Martha was distracted ⁶  with all the preparations she had to make, ⁷  so ⁸  she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care ⁹  that my sister has left me to do all the work ¹⁰  alone? Tell ¹¹  her to help me.”

Luke 19:30

19:30 telling them, ¹²  “Go to the village ahead of you. ¹³  When ¹⁴  you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ¹⁵  Untie it and bring it here.

¹ tn The participle ἅψας ({aya") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

² sn This is probably an ancient oil burning lamp or perhaps a candlestick. Jesus is comparing revelation to light, particularly the revelation of his ministry; see 1:78-79.

³ tn Or “its light,” if the Greek article is translated as a possessive pronoun (for such usage, cf. ExSyn 215).

⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁵ sn Gave thanks adds a note of gratitude to the setting. The scene is like two other later meals: Luke 22:19 and 24:30. Jesus gives thanks to God “with respect to” the provision of food. The disciples learn how Jesus is the mediator of blessing. John 6 speaks of him in this scene as picturing the “Bread of Life.”

⁷ sn The term distracted means “to be pulled away” by something (L&N 25.238). It is a narrative comment that makes clear who is right in the account.

⁸ tn Grk “with much serving.”

⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that the following was a result of Martha’s distraction.

¹⁰ tn The negative οὐ (ou) used with the verb expects a positive reply. Martha expected Jesus to respond and rebuke Mary.

¹¹ tn Grk “has left me to serve alone.”

¹² tn The conjunction οὖν (oun, “then, therefore”) has not been translated here.

¹⁰ tn Grk “saying.”

¹¹ tn Grk “the village lying before [you]” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.a).

¹² tn Grk “in which entering.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹³ tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”