Luke 2:28

2:28 Simeon ¹  took him in his arms and blessed God, saying, ² 

Luke 2:50

2:50 Yet ³  his parents ⁴  did not understand ⁵  the remark ⁶  he made ⁷  to them.

Luke 3:10

3:10 So ⁸  the crowds were asking ⁹  him, “What then should we do?”

Luke 18:38

18:38 So ¹⁰  he called out, ¹¹  “Jesus, Son of David, ¹²  have mercy ¹³  on me!”

[2:28]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Simeon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:28]  ² tn Grk “and said.” The finite verb in Greek has been replaced with a participle in English to improve the smoothness of the translation.

[2:50]  ³ tn Grk “And they.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.

[2:50]  ⁴ tn Grk “they”; the referent (his parents) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:50]  ⁵ sn This was the first of many times those around Jesus did not understand what he was saying at the time (9:45; 10:21-24; 18:34).

[2:50]  ⁶ tn Or “the matter.”

[2:50]  ⁷ tn Grk “which he spoke.”

[3:10]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the consequential nature of the people’s response.

[3:10]  ⁶ tn Though this verb is imperfect, in this context it does not mean repeated, ongoing questions, but simply a presentation in vivid style as the following verbs in the other examples are aorist.

[18:38]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the blind man learning that Jesus was nearby.

[18:38]  ⁸ tn Grk “called out, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[18:38]  ⁹ sn Jesus was more than a Nazarene to this blind person, who saw quite well that Jesus was Son of David. He understood what Luke 7:22-23 affirms. There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

[18:38]  ¹⁰ sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing (cf. 17:13). It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.