Luke 1:22

1:22 When ¹  he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They ²  realized that he had seen a vision ³  in the holy place, ⁴  because ⁵  he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak. ⁶ 

Luke 4:42

4:42 The next morning ⁷  Jesus ⁸  departed and went to a deserted place. Yet ⁹  the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

Luke 14:18

14:18 But one after another they all ¹⁰  began to make excuses. ¹¹  The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, ¹²  and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’ ¹³ 

[1:22]  ¹ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:22]  ² tn Grk “and they.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:22]  ³ tn That is, “he had had a supernatural encounter in the holy place,” since the angel came to Zechariah by the altar. This was not just a “mental experience.”

[1:22]  ⁴ tn Or “temple.” See the note on the phrase “the holy place” in v. 9.

[1:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “and,” but the force is causal or explanatory in context.

[1:22]  ⁶ tn Grk “dumb,” but this could be understood to mean “stupid” in contemporary English, whereas the point is that he was speechless.

[4:42]  ⁷ tn Grk “When it became day.”

[4:42]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:42]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate that the crowds still sought Jesus in spite of his withdrawal.

[14:18]  ¹³ tn Or “all unanimously” (BDAG 107 s.v. ἀπό 6). "One after another" is suggested by L&N 61.2.

[14:18]  ¹⁴ sn To make excuses and cancel at this point was an insult in the culture of the time. Regardless of customs concerning responses to invitations, refusal at this point was rude.

[14:18]  ¹⁵ sn I have bought a field. An examination of newly bought land was a common practice. It was this person’s priority.

[14:18]  ¹⁶ sn The expression Please excuse me is probably a polite way of refusing, given the dynamics of the situation, although it is important to note that an initial acceptance had probably been indicated and it was now a bit late for a refusal. The semantic equivalent of the phrase may well be “please accept my apologies.”