Luke 8:34

8:34 When ¹  the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news ²  in the town ³  and countryside.

Luke 15:15

15:15 So he went and worked for ⁴  one of the citizens of that country, who ⁵  sent him to his fields to feed pigs. ⁶ 

Luke 9:12

9:12 Now the day began to draw to a close, ⁷  so ⁸  the twelve came and said to Jesus, ⁹  “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging ¹⁰  and food, because we are in an isolated place.” ¹¹ 

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn Or “reported it.” This verb is used three times in the next few verses (vv. 36, 37), showing how the healing became a major topic of conversation in the district.

³ tn Or “city.”

⁴ tn Grk “joined himself to” (in this case an idiom for beginning to work for someone).

⁵ tn Grk “and he.” Here the conjunction καί (kai) and the personal pronoun have been translated by a relative pronoun to improve the English style.

⁶ sn To a Jew, being sent to the field to feed pigs would be an insult, since pigs were considered unclean animals (Lev 11:7).

⁷ tn Grk “the day began to decline,” looking to the approach of sunset.

⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that the disciples’ request was related to the approach of sunset.

⁹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn That is, find someone to show them hospitality. L&N 34.61 has “find lodging,” using this verse as an example.

¹¹ tn Or “in a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation). Here ὧδε (Jwde) has not been translated.