Luke 1:15

1:15 for he will be great in the sight of ¹  the Lord. He ²  must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth. ³ 

Luke 12:42

12:42 The Lord replied, ⁴  “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, ⁵  whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, ⁶  to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?

Luke 20:20

Paying Taxes to Caesar

20:20 Then ⁷  they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. ⁸  They wanted to take advantage of what he might say ⁹  so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction ¹⁰  of the governor.

[1:15]  ¹ tn Grk “before.”

[1:15]  ² tn Grk “and he”; because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun in the translation.

[1:15]  ³ tn Grk “even from his mother’s womb.” While this idiom may be understood to refer to the point of birth (“even from his birth”), Luke 1:41 suggests that here it should be understood to refer to a time before birth.

[12:42]  ⁴ tn Grk “And the Lord said.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[12:42]  ⁵ tn Or “administrator,” “steward” (L&N 37.39).

[12:42]  ⁶ tn This term, θεραπεία (qerapeia), describes the group of servants working in a particular household (L&N 46.6).

[20:20]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[20:20]  ⁸ tn Grk “righteous,” but in this context the point is their false sincerity.

[20:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “so that they might catch him in some word.”

[20:20]  ¹⁰ tn This word is often translated “authority” in other contexts, but here, in combination with ἀρχή (arch), it refers to the domain or sphere of the governor’s rule (L&N 37.36).