Luke 19:10

19:10 For the Son of Man came ¹  to seek and to save the lost.”

Genesis 18:3-5

18:3 He said, “My lord, ²  if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant. ³  18:4 Let a little water be brought so that ⁴  you may all ⁵  wash your feet and rest under the tree. 18:5 And let me get ⁶  a bit of food ⁷  so that you may refresh yourselves ⁸  since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.” ⁹  “All right,” they replied, “you may do as you say.”

Genesis 19:1-3

The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

19:1 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while ¹⁰  Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. ¹¹  When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

19:2 He said, “Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night ¹²  and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.” ¹³  “No,” they replied, “we’ll spend the night in the town square.” ¹⁴ 

19:3 But he urged ¹⁵  them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.

Psalms 101:2-3

101:2 I will walk in ¹⁶  the way of integrity.

When will you come to me?

I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace. ¹⁷ 

101:3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. ¹⁸ 

I hate doing evil; ¹⁹ 

I will have no part of it. ²⁰ 

John 14:23

14:23 Jesus replied, ²¹  “If anyone loves me, he will obey ²²  my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him. ²³ 

Ephesians 3:17

3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

Hebrews 13:2

13:2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. ²⁴ 

Revelation 3:20

3:20 Listen! ²⁵  I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home ²⁶  and share a meal with him, and he with me.

[19:10]  ¹ sn The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost is Jesus’ mission succinctly defined. See Luke 15:1-32.

[18:3]  ² tc The MT has the form אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “Master”) which is reserved for God. This may reflect later scribal activity. The scribes, knowing it was the Lord, may have put the proper pointing with the word instead of the more common אֲדֹנִי (’adoni, “my master”).

[18:3]  ³ tn Heb “do not pass by from upon your servant.”

[18:4]  ⁴ tn The imperative after the jussive indicates purpose here.

[18:4]  ⁵ tn The word “all” has been supplied in the translation because the Hebrew verb translated “wash” and the pronominal suffix on the word “feet” are plural, referring to all three of the visitors.

[18:5]  ⁶ tn The Qal cohortative here probably has the nuance of polite request.

[18:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “a piece of bread.” The Hebrew word לֶחֶם (lekhem) can refer either to bread specifically or to food in general. Based on Abraham’s directions to Sarah in v. 6, bread was certainly involved, but v. 7 indicates that Abraham had a more elaborate meal in mind.

[18:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “strengthen your heart.” The imperative after the cohortative indicates purpose here.

[18:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “so that you may refresh yourselves, after [which] you may be on your way – for therefore you passed by near your servant.”

[19:1]  ¹⁰ tn The disjunctive clause is temporal here, indicating what Lot was doing at the time of their arrival.

[19:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “sitting in the gate of Sodom.” The phrase “the gate of Sodom” has been translated “the city’s gateway” for stylistic reasons.

[19:2]  ¹² tn The imperatives have the force of invitation.

[19:2]  ¹³ tn These two verbs form a verbal hendiadys: “you can rise up early and go” means “you can go early.”

[19:2]  ¹⁴ sn The town square refers to the wide street area at the gate complex of the city.

[19:3]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew verb פָּצַר (patsar, “to press, to insist”) ironically foreshadows the hostile actions of the men of the city (see v. 9, where the verb also appears). The repetition of the word serves to contrast Lot to his world.

[101:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “take notice of.”

[101:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I will walk about in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.”

[101:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “I will not set before my eyes a thing of worthlessness.”

[101:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the doing of swerving [deeds] I hate.” The Hebrew term סֵטִים (setim) is probably an alternate spelling of שֵׂטִים (setim), which appears in many medieval Hebrew mss. The form appears to be derived from a verbal root שׂוּט (sut, “to fall away; to swerve”; see Ps 40:4).

[101:3]  ²⁰ tn Heb “it [i.e., the doing of evil deeds] does not cling to me.”

[14:23]  ²¹ tn Grk “answered and said to him.”

[14:23]  ²² tn Or “will keep.”

[14:23]  ²³ tn Grk “we will come to him and will make our dwelling place with him.” The context here is individual rather than corporate indwelling, so the masculine singular pronoun has been retained throughout v. 23. It is important to note, however, that the pronoun is used generically here and refers equally to men, women, and children.

[13:2]  ²⁴ sn This is a vague allusion to people described in scripture and extra-biblical literature and may include Abraham and Sarah (Gen 18:2-15), Lot (Gen 19:1-14), Gideon (Judg 6:11-18), Manoah (Judg 13:3-22), and possibly Tobit (Tob 12:1-20).

[3:20]  ²⁵ tn Grk “Behold.”

[3:20]  ²⁶ tn Grk “come in to him.”