Luke 2:24

2:24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves ¹  or two young pigeons. ² 

Luke 4:12

4:12 Jesus ³  answered him, ⁴  “It is said, ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’” ⁵ 

Luke 13:27

13:27 But ⁶  he will reply, ⁷  ‘I don’t know where you come from! ⁸  Go away from me, all you evildoers!’ ⁹ 

Luke 17:21

17:21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is ¹⁰  in your midst.” ¹¹ 

Luke 17:23

17:23 Then people ¹²  will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!’ ¹³  or ‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them. ¹⁴ 

Luke 19:31

19:31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs ¹⁵  it.’”

Luke 12:10

12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit ¹⁶  will not be forgiven. ¹⁷ 

Luke 12:19

12:19 And I will say to myself, ¹⁸  “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

Luke 14:9

14:9 So ¹⁹  the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, ²⁰  you will begin to move to the least important ²¹  place.

Luke 15:18

15:18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned ²²  against heaven ²³  and against ²⁴  you.

Luke 17:7

17:7 “Would any one of you say ²⁵  to your slave ²⁶  who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, ‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’? ²⁷ 

Luke 20:5

20:5 So ²⁸  they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

Luke 23:29

23:29 For this is certain: ²⁹  The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’ ³⁰ 

Luke 4:23

4:23 Jesus ³¹  said to them, “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ ³²  and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, ³³  do here in your hometown too.’”

Luke 17:8

17:8 Won’t ³⁴  the master ³⁵  instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready ³⁶  to serve me while ³⁷  I eat and drink. Then ³⁸  you may eat and drink’?

Luke 22:11

22:11 and tell the owner of the house, ³⁹  ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

Luke 13:25

13:25 Once ⁴⁰  the head of the house ⁴¹  gets up ⁴²  and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, ⁴³  let us in!’ ⁴⁴  But he will answer you, ⁴⁵  ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ ⁴⁶ 

[2:24]  ¹ sn The offering of a pair of doves or two young pigeons, instead of a lamb, speaks of the humble roots of Jesus’ family – they apparently could not afford the expense of a lamb.

[2:24]  ² sn A quotation from Lev 12:8; 5:11 (LXX).

[4:12]  ³ tn Grk “And Jesus.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “Jesus, answering, said to him.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified to “Jesus answered him.”

[4:12]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Deut 6:16 used by Jesus in reply to the devil. The point is that God’s faithfulness should not be put to the test, but is rather a given.

[13:27]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[13:27]  ⁶ tc Most mss (Ì^75* A D L W Θ Ψ 070 Ë^1,13 Ï) have ἐρεῖ λέγω ὑμῖν (erei legw Jumin; “he will say, ‘I say to you’”) here, while some have only ἐρεῖ ὑμῖν (“he will say to you” in א 579 pc lat sa) or simply ἐρεῖ (“he will say” in 1195 pc). The variety of readings seems to have arisen from the somewhat unusual wording of the original, ἐρεῖ λέγων ὑμῖν (erei legwn Jumin; “he will say, saying to you” found in Ì^75c B 892 pc). Given the indicative λέγω, it is difficult to explain how the other readings would have arisen. But if the participle λέγων were original, the other readings can more easily be explained as arising from it. Although the external evidence is significantly stronger in support of the indicative reading, the internal evidence is on the side of the participle.

[13:27]  ⁷ sn The issue is not familiarity (with Jesus’ teaching) or even shared activity (eating and drinking with him), but knowing Jesus. Those who do not know him, he will not know where they come from (i.e., will not acknowledge) at the judgment.

[13:27]  ⁸ tn Grk “all you workers of iniquity.” The phrase resembles Ps 6:8.

[17:21]  ⁷ tn This is a present tense in the Greek text. In contrast to waiting and looking for the kingdom, it is now available.

[17:21]  ⁸ tn This is a far better translation than “in you.” Jesus would never tell the hostile Pharisees that the kingdom was inside them. The reference is to Jesus present in their midst. He brings the kingdom. Another possible translation would be “in your grasp.” For further discussion and options, see D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1414-19.

[17:23]  ⁹ tn Grk “And they will say.” The plural in Greek is indefinite, referring to people in general. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[17:23]  ¹⁰ tn The words “he is” here and in the following clause are understood and have been supplied from the context.

[17:23]  ¹¹ sn Do not go out or chase after them. There will be no need to search for the Son of Man at his coming, though many will falsely claim its arrival.

[19:31]  ¹¹ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

[12:10]  ¹³ sn Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit probably refers to a total rejection of the testimony that the Spirit gives to Jesus and the plan of God. This is not so much a sin of the moment as of one’s entire life, an obstinate rejection of God’s message and testimony. Cf. Matt 12:31-32 and Mark 3:28-30.

[12:10]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “it will not be forgiven the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit.”

[12:19]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “to my soul,” which is repeated as a vocative in the following statement, but is left untranslated as redundant.

[14:9]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “host, and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate this action is a result of the situation described in the previous verse. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[14:9]  ¹⁸ tn Or “then in disgrace”; Grk “with shame.” In this culture avoiding shame was important.

[14:9]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “lowest place” (also in the repetition of the phrase in the next verse).

[15:18]  ¹⁹ sn In the confession “I have sinned” there is a recognition of wrong that pictures the penitent coming home and “being found.”

[15:18]  ²⁰ sn The phrase against heaven is a circumlocution for God.

[15:18]  ²¹ tn According to BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνωπιον 4.a, “in relation to ἁμαρτάνειν ἐ. τινος sin against someone Lk 15:18, 21 (cf. Jdth 5:17; 1 Km 7:6; 20:1).”

[17:7]  ²¹ tn Grk “Who among you, having a slave… would say to him.”

[17:7]  ²² tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.

[17:7]  ²³ tn Grk “and recline at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away. See BDAG 70 s.v. ἀναπίπτω 1.

[20:5]  ²³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ question.

[23:29]  ²⁵ tn Grk “For behold.”

[23:29]  ²⁶ tn Grk “Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have not nursed!”

[4:23]  ²⁷ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:23]  ²⁸ sn The proverb Physician, heal yourself! means that Jesus should prove his claims. It is a “Prove it to us!” mentality that Jesus says the people have.

[4:23]  ²⁹ sn The remark “What we have heard that you did at Capernaum” makes many suspect that Luke has moved this event forward in sequence to typify what Jesus’ ministry was like, since the ministry in Capernaum follows in vv. 31-44. The location of this event in the parallel of Mark 6:1-6 also suggests this transposition.

[17:8]  ²⁹ tn The question includes a Greek particle, οὐχί (ouci), that expects a positive reply. The slave is expected to prepare a meal before eating himself.

[17:8]  ³⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:8]  ³¹ tn Grk “and gird yourself” (with an apron or towel, in preparation for service).

[17:8]  ³² tn BDAG 423 s.v. ἕως 2.b, “to denote contemporaneousness as long as, while… w. subjunctive… Lk 17:8.”

[17:8]  ³³ tn Grk “after these things.”

[22:11]  ³¹ tn Grk “to the master of the household,” referring to one who owns and manages the household, including family, servants, and slaves (L&N 57.14).

[13:25]  ³³ tn The syntactical relationship between vv. 24-25 is disputed. The question turns on whether v. 25 is connected to v. 24 or not. A lack of a clear connective makes an independent idea more likely. However, one must then determine what the beginning of the sentence connects to. Though it makes for slightly awkward English, the translation has opted to connect it to “he will answer” so that this functions, in effect, as an apodosis. One could end the sentence after “us” and begin a new sentence with “He will answer” to make simpler sentences, although the connection between the two sentences is thereby less clear. The point of the passage, however, is clear. Once the door is shut, because one failed to come in through the narrow way, it is closed permanently. The moral: Do not be too late in deciding to respond.

[13:25]  ³⁴ tn Or “the master of the household.”

[13:25]  ³⁵ tn Or “rises,” or “stands up.”

[13:25]  ³⁶ tn Or “Sir.”

[13:25]  ³⁷ tn Grk “Open to us.”

[13:25]  ³⁸ tn Grk “and answering, he will say to you.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “he will answer you.”

[13:25]  ³⁹ sn For the imagery behind the statement “I do not know where you come from,” see Ps 138:6; Isa 63:16; Jer 1:5; Hos 5:3.