Luke 1:79

1:79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, ¹ 

to guide our feet into the way ²  of peace.”

Luke 23:15

23:15 Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing ³  deserving death. ⁴ 

Luke 24:20

24:20 and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over ⁵  to be condemned to death, and crucified ⁶  him.

Luke 9:27

9:27 But I tell you most certainly, ⁷  there are some standing here who will not ⁸  experience ⁹  death before they see the kingdom of God.” ¹⁰ 

Luke 23:22

23:22 A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty ¹¹  of no crime deserving death. ¹²  I will therefore flog ¹³  him and release him.”

[1:79]  ¹ sn On the phrases who sit in darkness…and…death see Isa 9:1-2; 42:7; 49:9-10.

[1:79]  ² tn Or “the path.”

[23:15]  ³ sn With the statement “he has done nothing,” Pilate makes another claim that Jesus is innocent of any crime worthy of death.

[23:15]  ⁴ tn Grk “nothing deserving death has been done by him.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style.

[24:20]  ⁵ sn Handed him over is another summary of the passion like Luke 9:22.

[24:20]  ⁶ sn See the note on crucify in 23:21.

[9:27]  ⁷ tn Grk “I tell you truly” (λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ἀληθῶς, legw de Jumin alhqw").

[9:27]  ⁸ tn The Greek negative here (οὐ μή, ou mh) is the strongest possible.

[9:27]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ 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.

[23:22]  ⁹ tn Grk “no cause of death I found in him.”

[23:22]  ¹⁰ sn The refrain of innocence comes once again. Pilate tried to bring some sense of justice, believing Jesus had committed no crime deserving death.

[23:22]  ¹¹ tn Or “scourge” (BDAG 749 s.v. παιδεύω 2.b.γ). See the note on “flogged” in v. 16.