Luke 10:40

10:40 But Martha was distracted ¹  with all the preparations she had to make, ²  so ³  she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care ⁴  that my sister has left me to do all the work ⁵  alone? Tell ⁶  her to help me.”

Luke 20:1

The Authority of Jesus

20:1 Now one ⁷  day, as Jesus ⁸  was teaching the people in the temple courts ⁹  and proclaiming ¹⁰  the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law ¹¹  with the elders came up ¹² 

[10:40]  ¹ sn The term distracted means “to be pulled away” by something (L&N 25.238). It is a narrative comment that makes clear who is right in the account.

[10:40]  ² tn Grk “with much serving.”

[10:40]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that the following was a result of Martha’s distraction.

[10:40]  ⁴ tn The negative οὐ (ou) used with the verb expects a positive reply. Martha expected Jesus to respond and rebuke Mary.

[10:40]  ⁵ tn Grk “has left me to serve alone.”

[10:40]  ⁶ tn The conjunction οὖν (oun, “then, therefore”) has not been translated here.

[20:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “Now it happened that one.” 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.

[20:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “the temple.”

[20:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “preaching.”

[20:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[20:1]  ¹² sn The chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up. The description is similar to Luke 19:47. The leaders are really watching Jesus at this point.