Luke 2:26

2:26 It ¹  had been revealed ²  to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die ³  before ⁴  he had seen the Lord’s Christ. ⁵ 

Luke 3:15

3:15 While the people were filled with anticipation ⁶  and they all wondered ⁷  whether perhaps John ⁸  could be the Christ, ⁹ 

Luke 9:20

9:20 Then ¹⁰  he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter ¹¹  answered, ¹²  “The Christ ¹³  of God.”

Luke 22:67

22:67 and said, “If ¹⁴  you are the Christ, ¹⁵  tell us.” But he said to them, “If ¹⁶  I tell you, you will not ¹⁷  believe,

[2:26]  ¹ tn Grk “And it.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[2:26]  ² tn The use of the passive suggests a revelation by God, and in the OT the corresponding Hebrew term represented here by κεχρηματισμένον (kecrhmatismenon) indicated some form of direct revelation from God (Jer 25:30; 33:2; Job 40:8).

[2:26]  ³ tn Grk “would not see death” (an idiom for dying).

[2:26]  ⁴ tn On the grammar of this temporal clause, see BDF §§383.3; 395.

[2:26]  ⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[3:15]  ⁶ tn Or “with expectation.” The participle προσδοκῶντος (prosdokwnto") is taken temporally.

[3:15]  ⁷ tn Grk “pondered in their hearts.”

[3:15]  ⁸ tn Grk “in their hearts concerning John, (whether) perhaps he might be the Christ.” The translation simplifies the style here.

[3:15]  ⁹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[9:20]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[9:20]  ¹² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:20]  ¹³ tn Grk “Peter answering, said.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “Peter answered.”

[9:20]  ¹⁴ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[22:67]  ¹⁶ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.

[22:67]  ¹⁷ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[22:67]  ¹⁸ tn This is a third class condition in the Greek text. Jesus had this experience already in 20:1-8.

[22:67]  ¹⁹ tn The negation in the Greek text is the strongest possible (οὐ μή, ou mh).