Luke 19:31

19:31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs ¹  it.’”

Luke 22:71

22:71 Then ²  they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves ³  from his own lips!” ⁴ 

[19:31]  ¹ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

[22:71]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[22:71]  ³ sn We have heard it ourselves. The Sanhedrin regarded the answer as convicting Jesus. They saw it as blasphemous to claim such intimacy and shared authority with God, a claim so serious and convicting that no further testimony was needed.

[22:71]  ⁴ tn Grk “from his own mouth” (an idiom).