Luke 1:48

1:48 because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. ¹ 

For ²  from now on ³  all generations will call me blessed, ⁴ 

Luke 6:13

6:13 When ⁵  morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: ⁶ 

Luke 7:11

Raising a Widow’s Son

7:11 Soon ⁷  afterward ⁸  Jesus ⁹  went to a town ¹⁰  called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

Luke 18:19

18:19 Jesus ¹¹  said to him, “Why do you call me good? ¹²  No one is good except God alone.

Luke 19:29

19:29 Now ¹³  when he approached Bethphage ¹⁴  and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, ¹⁵  he sent two of the disciples,

[1:48]  ¹ tn See the note on the word “servant” in v. 38.

[1:48]  ² tn Grk “for behold.”

[1:48]  ³ sn From now on is a favorite phrase of Luke’s, showing how God’s acts change things from this point on (5:10; 12:52; 22:18, 69; Acts 18:6).

[1:48]  ⁴ sn Mary is seen here as an example of an object of God’s grace (blessed) for all generations.

[6:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:13]  ⁶ sn The term apostles is rare in the gospels, found only in Matt 10:2, possibly in Mark 3:14, and six more times in Luke (here plus 9:10; 11:49; 17:5; 22:14; 24:10).

[7:11]  ⁹ tn Grk “And it happened that soon.” 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.

[7:11]  ¹⁰ tc Several variants to ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ (egeneto en tw) are found before the adverb ἑξῆς (Jexh"), all of them clarifying by the use of the feminine article that the next day is meant (τῇ [th] in D; ἐγένετο τῇ in W; ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ in א* C K 565 892 1424 pm). But these readings are decidedly secondary, for they are more specific than Luke usually is, and involve an unparalleled construction (viz., article + ἡμέρα [Jhmera] + ἑξῆς; elsewhere, when Luke uses this adverb, the noun it modifies is either implied or after the adverb [cf. Luke 9:37; Acts 21:1; 25:17; 27:18)]. The reading adopted for the translation is a more general time indicator; the article τῷ modifies an implied χρόνῳ (cronw), with the general sense of “soon afterward.”

[7:11]  ¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:11]  ¹² tn The term πόλις (polis) can refer to a small town, which is what Nain was. It was about six miles southeast of Nazareth.

[18:19]  ¹³ tn Grk “And Jesus.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[18:19]  ¹⁴ sn Jesus’ response, Why do you call me good?, was designed to cause the ruler to stop and think for a moment about who Jesus really was. The following statement No one is good except God alone seems to point the man in the direction of Jesus’ essential nature and the demands which logically follow on the man for having said it.

[19:29]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “And it happened that when.” 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. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[19:29]  ¹⁸ sn The exact location of the village of Bethphage is not known. Most locate it on the southeast side of the Mount of Olives and northwest of Bethany, about 1.5 miles (3 km) east of Jerusalem.

[19:29]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “at the mountain called ‘of Olives.’” This form of reference is awkward in contemporary English, so the more familiar “Mount of Olives” has been used in the translation.