Luke 2:32

2:32 a light, ¹ 

for revelation to the Gentiles,

and for glory ²  to your people Israel.”

Luke 17:18

17:18 Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?” ³ 

Luke 24:26

24:26 Wasn’t ⁴  it necessary ⁵  for the Christ ⁶  to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

Luke 4:6

4:6 And he ⁷  said to him, “To you ⁸  I will grant this whole realm ⁹  – and the glory that goes along with it, ¹⁰  for it has been relinquished ¹¹  to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

Luke 9:32

9:32 Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy, ¹²  but as they became fully awake, ¹³  they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

[2:32]  ¹ tn The syntax of this verse is disputed. Most read “light” and “glory” in parallelism, so Jesus is a light for revelation to the Gentiles and is glory to the people for Israel. Others see “light” (1:78-79) as a summary, while “revelation” and “glory” are parallel, so Jesus is light for all, but is revelation for the Gentiles and glory for Israel. Both readings make good sense and either could be correct, but Luke 1:78-79 and Acts 26:22-23 slightly favor this second option.

[2:32]  ² sn In other words, Jesus is a special cause for praise and honor (“glory”) for the nation.

[17:18]  ³ sn Jesus’ point in calling the man a foreigner is that none of the other nine, who were presumably Israelites, responded with gratitude. Only the “outsiders” were listening and responding.

[24:26]  ⁵ tn This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouci) expects a positive reply.

[24:26]  ⁶ sn The statement Wasn’t it necessary is a reference to the design of God’s plan (see Luke 24:7). Suffering must precede glory (see Luke 17:25).

[24:26]  ⁷ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[4:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “And the devil.”

[4:6]  ⁸ sn In Greek, this phrase is in an emphatic position. In effect, the devil is tempting Jesus by saying, “Look what you can have!”

[4:6]  ⁹ tn Or “authority.” BDAG 353 s.v. ἐξουσία 6 suggests, concerning this passage, that the term means “the sphere in which the power is exercised, domain.” Cf. also Luke 22:53; 23:7; Acts 26:18; Eph 2:2.

[4:6]  ¹⁰ tn The addendum referring to the glory of the kingdoms of the world forms something of an afterthought, as the following pronoun (“it”) makes clear, for the singular refers to the realm itself.

[4:6]  ¹¹ tn For the translation of παραδέδοται (paradedotai) see L&N 57.77. The devil is erroneously implying that God has given him such authority with the additional capability of sharing the honor.

[9:32]  ⁹ tn Grk “weighed down with sleep” (an idiom).

[9:32]  ¹⁰ tn Or “after they became fully awake,” “but they became fully awake and saw.”