Genesis 19:26

19:26 But Lot’s ¹  wife looked back longingly ²  and was turned into a pillar of salt.

Luke 9:62

9:62 Jesus ³  said to him, “No one who puts his ⁴  hand to the plow and looks back ⁵  is fit for the kingdom of God.” ⁶ 

Luke 17:31-32

17:31 On that day, anyone who is on the roof, ⁷  with his goods in the house, must not come down ⁸  to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. 17:32 Remember Lot’s wife! ⁹ 

Philippians 3:13-14

3:13 Brothers and sisters, ¹⁰  I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: ¹¹  Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, 3:14 with this goal in mind, ¹²  I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God ¹³  in Christ Jesus.

[19:26]  ¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Lot) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:26]  ² tn The Hebrew verb means “to look intently; to gaze” (see 15:5).

[9:62]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:62]  ⁴ tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[9:62]  ⁵ sn Jesus warns that excessive concern for family ties (looks back) will make the kingdom a lesser priority, which is not appropriate for discipleship. The image is graphic, for who can plow straight ahead toward a goal while looking back? Discipleship cannot be double-minded.

[9:62]  ⁶ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[17:31]  ⁷ sn Most of the roofs in the NT were flat roofs made of pounded dirt, sometimes mixed with lime or stones, supported by heavy wooden beams. They generally had an easy means of access, either a sturdy wooden ladder or stone stairway, sometimes on the outside of the house.

[17:31]  ⁸ sn The swiftness and devastation of the judgment will require a swift escape. There is no time to come down from one’s roof and pick up anything from inside one’s home.

[17:32]  ⁹ sn An allusion to Gen 19:26. The warning about Lot’s wife is not to look back and long to be where one used to be. The world is being judged, and the person who delays or turns back will be destroyed.

[3:13]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

[3:13]  ¹¹ tn Grk “But this one thing (I do).”

[3:14]  ¹² tn Grk “according to the goal.”

[3:14]  ¹³ tn Grk “prize, namely, the heavenly calling of God.”