1 Samuel 14:21

14:21 The Hebrews who had earlier gone over to the Philistine side ¹  joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

1 Samuel 14:1

14:1 Then one day Jonathan son of Saul said to his armor bearer, ²  “Come on, let’s go over to the Philistine garrison that is opposite us.” But he did not let his father know.

1 Samuel 12:19

12:19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us – your servants – so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.” ³ 

Luke 16:8

16:8 The ⁴  master commended the dishonest ⁵  manager because he acted shrewdly. ⁶  For the people ⁷  of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries ⁸  than the people ⁹  of light.

[14:21]  ¹ tn Heb “and the Hebrews were to the Philistines formerly, who went up with them in the camp all around.”

[14:1]  ² tn Or “the servant who was carrying his military equipment” (likewise in vv. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14).

[12:19]  ³ tn Heb “for we have added to all our sins an evil [thing] by asking for ourselves a king.”

[16:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[16:8]  ⁵ sn Is the manager dishonest because of what he just did? Or is it a reference to what he had done earlier, described in v. 1? This is a difficult question, but it seems unlikely that the master, having fired the man for prior dishonesty, would now commend those same actions. It would also be unusual for Jesus to make that point of the story the example. Thus it is more likely the reference to dishonesty goes back to the earliest events, while the commendation is for the cleverness of the former manager reflected in vv. 5-7.

[16:8]  ⁶ sn Where this parable ends is debated: Does it conclude with v. 7, after v. 8a, after v. 8b, or after v. 9? Verse 8a looks as if it is still part of the story, with its clear reference to the manager, while 8b looks like Jesus’ application, since its remarks are more general. So it is most likely the parable stops after v. 8a.

[16:8]  ⁷ tn Grk “sons” (an idiom).

[16:8]  ⁸ tn Grk “with their own generation.”

[16:8]  ⁹ tn Grk “sons.” Here the phrase “sons of light” is a reference to the righteous. The point is that those of the world often think ahead about consequences better than the righteous do.