Luke 1:9-10

1:9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, ¹  to enter ²  the holy place ³  of the Lord and burn incense. 1:10 Now ⁴  the whole crowd ⁵  of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering. ⁶ 

Luke 19:46

19:46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ ⁷  but you have turned it into a den ⁸  of robbers!” ⁹ 

Luke 19:1

Jesus and Zacchaeus

19:1 Jesus ¹⁰  entered Jericho ¹¹  and was passing through it.

Luke 8:30

8:30 Jesus then ¹²  asked him, “What is your name?” He ¹³  said, “Legion,” ¹⁴  because many demons had entered him.

Acts 3:1

Peter and John Heal a Lame Man at the Temple

3:1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time ¹⁵  for prayer, ¹⁶  at three o’clock in the afternoon. ¹⁷ 

[1:9]  ¹ tn Grk “according to the custom of the priesthood it fell to him by lot.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation to make it clear that the prepositional phrase κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἱερατείας (kata to eqo" th" Jierateia", “according to the custom of the priesthood”) modifies the phrase “it fell to him by lot” rather than the preceding clause.

[1:9]  ² tn This is an aorist participle and is temporally related to the offering of incense, not to when the lot fell.

[1:9]  ³ tn Or “temple.” Such sacrifices, which included the burning of incense, would have occurred in the holy place according to the Mishnah (m. Tamid 1.2; 3.1; 5-7). A priest would have given this sacrifice, which was offered for the nation, once in one’s career. It would be offered either at 9 a.m. or 3 p.m., since it was made twice a day.

[1:10]  ⁴ tn Grk “And,” but “now” better represents the somewhat parenthetical nature of this statement in the flow of the narrative.

[1:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “all the multitude.” While “assembly” is sometimes used here to translate πλῆθος (plhqo"), that term usually implies in English a specific or particular group of people. However, this was simply a large group gathered outside, which was not unusual, especially for the afternoon offering.

[1:10]  ⁶ tn The “hour of the incense offering” is another way to refer to the time of sacrifice.

[19:46]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Isa 56:7.

[19:46]  ⁸ tn Or “a hideout” (see L&N 1.57).

[19:46]  ⁹ sn A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels. Not only were the religious leaders robbing the people financially, but because of this they had also robbed them spiritually by stealing from them the opportunity to come to know God genuinely. It is possible that these merchants had recently been moved to this location for convenience.

[19:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And entering, he passed through”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:1]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[8:30]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:30]  ¹⁴ 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.

[3:1]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “hour.”

[3:1]  ¹⁶ sn Going up to the temple at the time for prayer. The earliest Christians, being of Jewish roots, were still participating in the institutions of Judaism at this point. Their faith in Christ did not make them non-Jewish in their practices.

[3:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “at the ninth hour.” This is calculated from sunrise (Josephus, Ant. 14.4.3 [14.65]; Dan 9:21).