Luke 1:29

1:29 But ¹  she was greatly troubled ²  by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting. ³ 

Luke 11:43

11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats ⁴  in the synagogues ⁵  and elaborate greetings ⁶  in the marketplaces!

Luke 1:44

1:44 For the instant ⁷  the sound of your greeting reached my ears, ⁸  the baby in my womb leaped for joy. ⁹ 

Luke 1:41

1:41 When ¹⁰  Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped ¹¹  in her ¹²  womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. ¹³ 

Luke 20:46

20:46 “Beware ¹⁴  of the experts in the law. ¹⁵  They ¹⁶  like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings ¹⁷  in the marketplaces and the best seats ¹⁸  in the synagogues ¹⁹  and the places of honor at banquets.

[1:29]  ¹ tc Most mss (A C Θ 0130 ˹³ Ï lat sy) have ἰδοῦσα (idousa, “when [she] saw [the angel]”) here as well, making Mary’s concern the appearance of the angel. This construction is harder than the shorter reading since it adds a transitive verb without an explicit object. However, the shorter reading has significant support (א B D L W Ψ Ë¹ 565 579 1241 sa) and on balance should probably be considered authentic.

[1:29]  ² sn On the phrase greatly troubled see 1:12. Mary’s reaction was like Zechariah’s response.

[1:29]  ³ tn Grk “to wonder what kind of greeting this might be.” Luke often uses the optative this way to reveal a figure’s thinking (3:15; 8:9; 18:36; 22:23).

[11:43]  ⁴ tn Or “seats of honor.” The term here is plural and is not a reference only to the lead “seat of Moses” in the synagogue, but includes the front seats near the ark.

[11:43]  ⁵ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

[11:43]  ⁶ tn Grk “and the greetings.”

[1:44]  ⁷ tn Grk “for behold.”

[1:44]  ⁸ tn Grk “when the sound of your greeting [reached] my ears.”

[1:44]  ⁹ sn On the statement the baby in my womb leaped for joy see both 1:14 and 1:47. This notes a fulfillment of God’s promised word.

[1:41]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And it happened that.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here either.

[1:41]  ¹¹ sn When the baby leaped John gave his first testimony about Jesus, a fulfillment of 1:15.

[1:41]  ¹² tn The antecedent of “her” is Elizabeth.

[1:41]  ¹³ sn The passage makes clear that Elizabeth spoke her commentary with prophetic enablement, filled with the Holy Spirit.

[20:46]  ¹³ tn Or “Be on guard against.” This is a present imperative and indicates that pride is something to constantly be on the watch against.

[20:46]  ¹⁴ tn Or “of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[20:46]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “who,” continuing the sentence begun by the prior phrase.

[20:46]  ¹⁶ sn There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1642; H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.

[20:46]  ¹⁷ sn See Luke 14:1-14.

[20:46]  ¹⁸ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:15.