12:18 “Here is 2 my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I take great delight. 3
I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
1 tn Grk “But answering, the centurion replied.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant and has not been translated.
2 tn Grk “Behold my servant.”
3 tn Grk “in whom my soul is well pleased.”
3 tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
4 tn Grk “crying out in the temple [courts] and saying.” The participle λέγοντας (legontas) is somewhat redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.