Luke 9:57

Challenging Professed Followers

9:57 As ¹  they were walking ²  along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” ³ 

Luke 16:30

16:30 Then ⁴  the rich man ⁵  said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead ⁶  goes to them, they will repent.’

Luke 17:33

17:33 Whoever tries to keep ⁷  his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life ⁸  will preserve it.

Luke 19:31

19:31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs ⁹  it.’”

Luke 19:40

19:40 He answered, ¹⁰  “I tell you, if they ¹¹  keep silent, the very stones ¹²  will cry out!”

¹ tn Grk “And as.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Grk “going,” but “walking” is an accurate description of how they traveled about.

³ tc Most mss (A C W Θ Ψ Ë¹³ 33 Ï) add κύριε (kurie, “Lord”) here, but scribes were prone to add to the text, especially appellations for the Lord. The shorter reading also enjoys significant ms support (Ì^45,75 א B D L Ξ Ë¹ lat co).

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

⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the rich man, v. 19) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn If someone from the dead goes to them. The irony and joy of the story is that what is denied the rich man’s brothers, a word of warning from beyond the grave, is given to the reader of the Gospel in this exchange.

⁷ tn Or “tries to preserve”; Grk “seeks to gain.”

⁸ sn Whoever loses his life. Suffering and persecution caused by the world, even to death, cannot stop God from saving (Luke 12:4-6).

¹⁰ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

¹³ tn Grk “and answering, he said.” This has been simplified in the translation to “He answered.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁴ tn Grk “these.”

¹⁵ sn This statement amounts to a rebuke. The idiom of creation speaking means that even creation knows what is taking place, yet the Pharisees miss it. On this idiom, see Gen 4:10 and Hab 2:11.