Luke 1:20
Context1:20 And now, 1 because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, 2 you will be silent, unable to speak, 3 until the day these things take place.”
Luke 21:23
Context21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress 4 on the earth and wrath against this people.
Luke 24:18
Context24:18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, 5 “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know 6 the things that have happened there 7 in these days?”


[1:20] 2 sn The predicted fulfillment in the expression my words, which will be fulfilled in their time takes place in Luke 1:63-66.
[1:20] 3 sn Silent, unable to speak. Actually Zechariah was deaf and mute as 1:61-63 indicates, since others had to use gestures to communicate with him.
[21:23] 4 sn Great distress means that this is a period of great judgment.
[24:18] 7 tn Grk “answering him, said.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
[24:18] 8 sn There is irony and almost a sense of mocking disbelief as the question “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that have happened there in these days?” comes to Jesus; but, of course, the readers know what the travelers do not.
[24:18] 9 tn Grk “in it” (referring to the city of Jerusalem).