Luke 20:29

20:29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman ¹  and died without children.

Luke 19:16

19:16 So ²  the first one came before him and said, ‘Sir, ³  your mina ⁴  has made ten minas more.’

Luke 14:18

14:18 But one after another they all ⁵  began to make excuses. ⁶  The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, ⁷  and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’ ⁸ 

[20:29]  ¹ tn Grk “took a wife” (an idiom for marrying a woman).

[19:16]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the royal summons.

[19:16]  ³ tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.” (and so throughout this paragraph).

[19:16]  ⁴ tn See the note on the word “minas” in v. 13.

[14:18]  ³ tn Or “all unanimously” (BDAG 107 s.v. ἀπό 6). "One after another" is suggested by L&N 61.2.

[14:18]  ⁴ sn To make excuses and cancel at this point was an insult in the culture of the time. Regardless of customs concerning responses to invitations, refusal at this point was rude.

[14:18]  ⁵ sn I have bought a field. An examination of newly bought land was a common practice. It was this person’s priority.

[14:18]  ⁶ sn The expression Please excuse me is probably a polite way of refusing, given the dynamics of the situation, although it is important to note that an initial acceptance had probably been indicated and it was now a bit late for a refusal. The semantic equivalent of the phrase may well be “please accept my apologies.”