Luke 1:67

Zechariah’s Praise and Prediction

1:67 Then ¹  his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, ² 

Luke 8:54

8:54 But Jesus ³  gently took her by the hand and said, ⁴  “Child, get up.”

Luke 12:16

12:16 He then ⁵  told them a parable: ⁶  “The land of a certain rich man produced ⁷  an abundant crop,

Luke 15:3

15:3 So ⁸  Jesus ⁹  told them ¹⁰  this parable: ¹¹ 

Luke 18:38

18:38 So ¹²  he called out, ¹³  “Jesus, Son of David, ¹⁴  have mercy ¹⁵  on me!”

Luke 22:57

22:57 But Peter ¹⁶  denied it: “Woman, ¹⁷  I don’t know ¹⁸  him!”

[1:67]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[1:67]  ² tn Grk “and he prophesied, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

[8:54]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:54]  ⁴ tn Grk “and called, saying.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation to “and said.”

[12:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “And he.” Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the connection to the preceding statement.

[12:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “a parable, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.

[12:16]  ⁷ tn Or “yielded a plentiful harvest.”

[15:3]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ telling of the parable is in response to the complaints of the Pharisees and experts in the law.

[15:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:3]  ⁹ sn Them means at the minimum the parable is for the leadership, but probably also for those people Jesus accepted, but the leaders regarded as outcasts.

[15:3]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “parable, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[18:38]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the blind man learning that Jesus was nearby.

[18:38]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “called out, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[18:38]  ¹¹ sn Jesus was more than a Nazarene to this blind person, who saw quite well that Jesus was Son of David. He understood what Luke 7:22-23 affirms. There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

[18:38]  ¹² sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing (cf. 17:13). It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.

[22:57]  ¹¹ tn Grk “he denied it, saying.” The referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

[22:57]  ¹² sn Woman was a polite form of address (see BDAG 208-9 s.v. γυνή), similar to “Madam” or “Ma’am” used in English in different regions.

[22:57]  ¹³ sn The expression “I do not know him” had an idiomatic use in Jewish ban formulas in the synagogue and could mean, “I have nothing to do with him.”