Luke 12:55

12:55 And when you see the south wind ¹  blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and there is.

Luke 15:10

15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels ²  over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 20:33

20:33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? ³  For all seven had married her.” ⁴ 

Luke 12:54

Reading the Signs

12:54 Jesus ⁵  also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, ⁶  you say at once, ‘A rainstorm ⁷  is coming,’ and it does.

Luke 11:26

11:26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so ⁸  the last state of that person ⁹  is worse than the first.” ¹⁰ 

[12:55]  ¹ sn The south wind comes from the desert, and thus brings scorching heat.

[15:10]  ² sn The whole of heaven is said to rejoice. Joy in the presence of God’s angels is a way of referring to God’s joy as well without having to name him explicitly. Contemporary Judaism tended to refer to God indirectly where possible out of reverence or respect for the divine name.

[20:33]  ³ sn The point is a dilemma. In a world arguing a person should have one wife, whose wife will she be in the afterlife? The question was designed to show that (in the opinion of the Sadducees) resurrection leads to a major problem.

[20:33]  ⁴ tn Grk “For the seven had her as wife.”

[12:54]  ⁴ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “also” and δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:54]  ⁵ sn A cloud rising in the west refers to moisture coming from the Mediterranean Sea.

[12:54]  ⁶ tn The term ὄμβρος (ombro") refers to heavy rain, such as in a thunderstorm (L&N 14.12).

[11:26]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.

[11:26]  ⁶ tn Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.

[11:26]  ⁷ sn The point of the story is that to fail to respond is to risk a worse fate than when one started.