Luke 15:17

15:17 But when he came to his senses ¹  he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food ²  enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

Luke 19:27

19:27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, ³  bring them here and slaughter ⁴  them ⁵  in front of me!’”

Luke 21:6

21:6 “As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. ⁶  All will be torn down!” ⁷ 

Luke 23:5

23:5 But they persisted ⁸  in saying, “He incites ⁹  the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!” ¹⁰ 

[15:17]  ¹ tn Grk “came to himself” (an idiom).

[15:17]  ² tn Grk “bread,” but used figuratively for food of any kind (L&N 5.1).

[19:27]  ³ tn Grk “to rule over them.”

[19:27]  ⁴ tn This term, when used of people rather than animals, has some connotations of violence and mercilessness (L&N 20.72).

[19:27]  ⁵ sn Slaughter them. To reject the king is to face certain judgment from him.

[21:6]  ⁵ sn With the statement days will come when not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

[21:6]  ⁶ tn Grk “the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down.”

[23:5]  ⁷ tn Or “were adamant.” For “persisted in saying,” see L&N 68.71.

[23:5]  ⁸ sn He incites the people. The Jewish leadership claimed that Jesus was a political threat and had to be stopped. By reiterating this charge of stirring up rebellion, they pressured Pilate to act, or be accused of overlooking political threats to Rome.

[23:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “beginning from Galilee until here.”