Luke 2:27

2:27 So ¹  Simeon, ²  directed by the Spirit, ³  came into the temple courts, ⁴  and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law, ⁵ 

Luke 8:29

8:29 For Jesus ⁶  had started commanding ⁷  the evil ⁸  spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so ⁹  he would be bound with chains and shackles ¹⁰  and kept under guard. But ¹¹  he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted ¹²  places.) ¹³ 

Luke 9:42

9:42 As ¹⁴  the boy ¹⁵  was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground ¹⁶  and shook him with convulsions. ¹⁷  But Jesus rebuked ¹⁸  the unclean ¹⁹  spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

[2:27]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the consequential nature of the action.

[2:27]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Simeon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:27]  ³ tn Grk “So in the Spirit” or “So by the Spirit,” but since it refers to the Spirit’s direction the expanded translation “directed by the Spirit” is used here.

[2:27]  ⁴ tn Grk “the temple.”

[2:27]  ⁵ tn Grk “to do for him according to the custom of the law.” See Luke 2:22-24.

[8:29]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:29]  ⁷ tc ‡ Although the external evidence favors the aorist παρήγγειλεν (parhngeilen, “he commanded”; Ì⁷⁵ B Θ Ξ Ψ Ë¹³ 579 700 1241 1424 2542 pm), the internal evidence favors the imperfect παρήγγελλεν (parhngellen, here translated “he had started commanding”; א A C K L W Γ Δ 1 33 565 892 pm). The aorist is suspect because it can more easily be taken as a single command, and thus an immediate exorcism. The imperfect would most likely be ingressive (BDF §§328; 329; 331), suggesting that Jesus started to command the evil spirit to depart, and continued the command.

[8:29]  ⁸ tn Grk “unclean.”

[8:29]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so,” introducing a clause that gives the result of the man being seized by the demon.

[8:29]  ¹⁰ tn Or “fetters”; these were chains for the feet.

[8:29]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[8:29]  ¹² tn Grk “into the deserts.” The plural use here has been translated as “deserted places,” that is, uninhabited areas.

[8:29]  ¹³ sn This is a parenthetical, explanatory comment by the author.

[9:42]  ¹¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:42]  ¹² tn Grk “he”; the referent (the boy) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:42]  ¹³ sn At this point the boy was thrown down in another convulsion by the demon. See L&N 23.168.

[9:42]  ¹⁴ tn See L&N 23.167-68, where the second verb συσπαράσσω (susparassw) is taken to mean the violent shaking associated with the convulsions, thus the translation here “and shook him with convulsions.”

[9:42]  ¹⁵ tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).

[9:42]  ¹⁶ sn This is a reference to an evil spirit. See Luke 4:33.