Luke 12:39

12:39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief ¹  was coming, he would not have let ²  his house be broken into.

Luke 20:2

20:2 and said to him, ³  “Tell us: By what authority ⁴  are you doing these things? ⁵  Or who it is who gave you this authority?”

Luke 24:19

24:19 He ⁶  said to them, “What things?” “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied, “a man ⁷  who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet ⁸  before God and all the people;

[12:39]  ¹ sn On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.

[12:39]  ² tc Most mss (א¹ A B L Q W Θ Ψ 070 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat sy^p,h sa^ms bo) read “he would have watched and not let” here, but this looks like an assimilation to Matt 24:43. The alliance of two important and early mss along with a few others (Ì⁷⁵ א* [D] e i sy^s,c sa^mss), coupled with much stronger internal evidence, suggests that the shorter reading is authentic.

[20:2]  ³ tn Grk “and said, saying to him.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[20:2]  ⁴ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.

[20:2]  ⁵ sn The leadership is looking back to acts like the temple cleansing (19:45-48). How could a Galilean preacher do these things?

[24:19]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[24:19]  ⁶ tn This translates the Greek term ἀνήρ (anhr).

[24:19]  ⁷ sn The role of Jesus as prophet is a function Luke frequently mentions: 4:25-27; 9:35; 13:31-35.