Luke 1:19

1:19 The ¹  angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands ²  in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring ³  you this good news.

Luke 7:20

7:20 When ⁴  the men came to Jesus, ⁵  they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, ⁶  ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?’” ⁷ 

Luke 10:1

The Mission of the Seventy-Two

10:1 After this ⁸  the Lord appointed seventy-two ⁹  others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town ¹⁰  and place where he himself was about to go.

Luke 13:34

13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ¹¹  you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! ¹²  How often I have longed ¹³  to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but ¹⁴  you would have none of it! ¹⁵ 

Luke 20:20

Paying Taxes to Caesar

20:20 Then ¹⁶  they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. ¹⁷  They wanted to take advantage of what he might say ¹⁸  so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction ¹⁹  of the governor.

[1:19]  ¹ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:19]  ² tn Grk “the one who is standing before God.”

[1:19]  ³ tn Grk “to announce these things of good news to you.”

[7:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[7:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “to you, saying,” but since this takes the form of a question, it is preferable to use the phrase “to ask” in English.

[7:20]  ⁷ tn This question is repeated word for word from v. 19.

[10:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “And after these things.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:1]  ⁸ tc There is a difficult textual problem here and in v. 17, where the number is either “seventy” (א A C L W Θ Ξ Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï and several church fathers and early versions) or “seventy-two” (Ì⁷⁵ B D 0181 pc lat as well as other versions and fathers). The more difficult reading is “seventy-two,” since scribes would be prone to assimilate this passage to several OT passages that refer to groups of seventy people (Num 11:13-17; Deut 10:22; Judg 8:30; 2 Kgs 10:1 et al.); this reading also has slightly better ms support. “Seventy” could be the preferred reading if scribes drew from the tradition of the number of translators of the LXX, which the Letter of Aristeas puts at seventy-two (TCGNT 127), although this is far less likely. All things considered, “seventy-two” is a much more difficult reading and accounts for the rise of the other. Only Luke notes a second larger mission like the one in 9:1-6.

[10:1]  ⁹ tn Or “city.”

[13:34]  ¹⁰ sn The double use of the city’s name betrays intense emotion.

[13:34]  ¹¹ tn Although the opening address (“Jerusalem, Jerusalem”) is direct (second person), the remainder of this sentence in the Greek text is third person (“who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her”). The following sentences then revert to second person (“your… you”), so to keep all this consistent in English, the third person pronouns in the present verse were translated as second person (“you who kill… sent to you”).

[13:34]  ¹² sn How often I have longed to gather your children. Jesus, like a lamenting prophet, speaks for God here, who longed to care tenderly for Israel and protect her.

[13:34]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[13:34]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “you were not willing.”

[20:20]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[20:20]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “righteous,” but in this context the point is their false sincerity.

[20:20]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “so that they might catch him in some word.”

[20:20]  ¹⁶ 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).