Luke 1:63

1:63 He ¹  asked for a writing tablet ²  and wrote, ³  “His name is John.” And they were all amazed. ⁴ 

Luke 2:23

2:23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male ⁵  will be set apart to the Lord” ⁶ ),

Luke 6:47

6:47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice ⁷  – I will show you what he is like:

Luke 8:30

8:30 Jesus then ⁸  asked him, “What is your name?” He ⁹  said, “Legion,” ¹⁰  because many demons had entered him.

Luke 8:50

8:50 But when Jesus heard this, he told ¹¹  him, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” ¹² 

Luke 9:8

9:8 while others were saying that Elijah ¹³  had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen. ¹⁴ 

Luke 9:27

9:27 But I tell you most certainly, ¹⁵  there are some standing here who will not ¹⁶  experience ¹⁷  death before they see the kingdom of God.” ¹⁸ 

Luke 9:44

9:44 “Take these words to heart, ¹⁹  for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.” ²⁰ 

Luke 10:26

10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?” ²¹ 

Luke 12:9

12:9 But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.

Luke 12:51

12:51 Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! ²² 

Luke 12:59

12:59 I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!” ²³ 

Luke 13:18

On the Kingdom of God

13:18 Thus Jesus ²⁴  asked, ²⁵  “What is the kingdom of God ²⁶  like? ²⁷  To ²⁸  what should I compare it?

Luke 18:41

18:41 “What do you want me to do for you?” He replied, ²⁹  “Lord, let me see again.” ³⁰ 

Luke 24:36

Jesus Makes a Final Appearance

24:36 While they were saying these things, Jesus ³¹  himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” ³² 

[1:63]  ¹ tn Grk “And he.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:63]  ² sn The writing tablet requested by Zechariah would have been a wax tablet.

[1:63]  ³ tn Grk “and wrote, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant is English and has not been translated.

[1:63]  ⁴ sn The response, they were all amazed, expresses a mixture of surprise and reflection in this setting where they were so certain of what the child’s name would be.

[2:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “every male that opens the womb” (an idiom for the firstborn male).

[2:23]  ⁶ sn An allusion to Exod 13:2, 12, 15.

[6:47]  ⁹ tn Grk “and does them.”

[8:30]  ¹³ tn Grk “And Jesus.” Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to pick up the sequence of the narrative prior to the parenthetical note by the author.

[8:30]  ¹⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:30]  ¹⁵ sn The name Legion means “thousands,” a word taken from a Latin term for a large group of soldiers. The term not only suggests a multiple possession, but also adds a military feel to the account. This is a true battle.

[8:50]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “answered.”

[8:50]  ¹⁸ tn Or “will be delivered”; Grk “will be saved.” This should not be understood as an expression for full salvation in the immediate context; it refers only to the girl’s healing.

[9:8]  ²¹ sn The appearance of Elijah would mean that the end time had come. According to 2 Kgs 2:11, Elijah was still alive. In Mal 4:5 it is said that Elijah would be the precursor of Messiah.

[9:8]  ²² sn The phrase had risen could be understood to mean “had been resurrected,” but this is only a possible option, not a necessary one, since the phrase could merely mean that a figure had appeared on the scene who mirrored an earlier historical figure. The three options of vv. 7-8 will be repeated in v. 19.

[9:27]  ²⁵ tn Grk “I tell you truly” (λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ἀληθῶς, legw de Jumin alhqw").

[9:27]  ²⁶ tn The Greek negative here (οὐ μή, ou mh) is the strongest possible.

[9:27]  ²⁷ tn Grk “will not taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).

[9:27]  ²⁸ sn The meaning of the statement that some will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God is clear at one level, harder at another. Jesus predicts some will experience the kingdom before they die. When does this happen? (1) An initial fulfillment is the next event, the transfiguration. (2) It is also possible in Luke’s understanding that all but Judas experience the initial fulfillment of the coming of God’s presence and rule in the work of Acts 2. In either case, the “kingdom of God” referred to here would be the initial rather than the final phase.

[9:44]  ²⁹ tn Grk “Place these words into your ears,” an idiom. The meaning is either “do not forget these words” (L&N 29.5) or “Listen carefully to these words” (L&N 24.64). See also Exod 17:14. For a variation of this expression, see Luke 8:8.

[9:44]  ³⁰ tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is considered by some to be used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NRSV, “into human hands”; TEV, “to the power of human beings”). However, because this can be taken as a specific reference to the group responsible for Jesus’ arrest, where it is unlikely women were present (cf. Matt 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12), the word “men” has been retained in the translation. There may also be a slight wordplay with “the Son of Man” earlier in the verse.

[10:26]  ³³ tn Grk “How do you read?” The pronoun “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[12:51]  ³⁷ tn Or “hostility.” This term pictures dissension and hostility (BDAG 234 s.v. διαμερισμός).

[12:59]  ⁴¹ tn Here the English word “cent” is used as opposed to the parallel in Matt 5:26 where “penny” appears, since the Greek word there is different and refers to a different but similar coin.

[13:18]  ⁴⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:18]  ⁴⁶ tn Grk “said,” but what follows is a question.

[13:18]  ⁴⁷ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[13:18]  ⁴⁸ sn What is the kingdom of God like? Unlike Mark 4 or Matt 13, where the kingdom parables tend to be all in one location in the narrative, Luke scatters his examples throughout the Gospel.

[13:18]  ⁴⁹ tn Grk “And to.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[18:41]  ⁴⁹ tn Grk “said.”

[18:41]  ⁵⁰ tn Grk “Lord, that I may see [again].” The phrase can be rendered as an imperative of request, “Please, give me sight.” Since the man is not noted as having been blind from birth (as the man in John 9 was) it is likely the request is to receive back the sight he once had.

[24:36]  ⁵³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:36]  ⁵⁴ tc The words “and said to them, ‘Peace be with you’” are lacking in some Western mss (D it). But the clause is otherwise well attested, being found in Ì⁷⁵ and the rest of the ms tradition, and should be considered an original part of Luke.