Luke 20:30

20:30 The second ¹ 

Luke 19:18

19:18 Then ²  the second one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas.’

Luke 12:38

12:38 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night ³  and finds them alert, ⁴  blessed are those slaves! ⁵ 

Luke 6:1

Lord of the Sabbath

6:1 Jesus ⁶  was going through the grain fields on ⁷  a Sabbath, ⁸  and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, ⁹  rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. ¹⁰ 

Luke 16:7

16:7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man ¹¹  replied, ‘A hundred measures ¹²  of wheat.’ The manager ¹³  said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ ¹⁴ 

Luke 22:34

22:34 Jesus replied, ¹⁵  “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow ¹⁶  today until you have denied ¹⁷  three times that you know me.”

[20:30]  ¹ tc Most mss (A W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat) have the words, “took the wife and this one died childless” after “the second.” But this looks like a clarifying addition, assimilating the text to Mark 12:21. In light of the early and diverse witnesses that lack the expression (א B D L 0266 892 1241 co), the shorter reading should be considered authentic.

[19:18]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[12:38]  ³ sn The second or third watch of the night would be between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. on a Roman schedule and 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on a Jewish schedule. Luke uses the four-watch schedule of the Romans in Acts 12:4, so that is more probable here. Regardless of the precise times of the watches, however, it is clear that the late-night watches when a person is least alert are in view here.

[12:38]  ⁴ tn Grk “finds (them) thus”; but this has been clarified in the translation by referring to the status (“alert”) mentioned in v. 37.

[12:38]  ⁵ tn Grk “blessed are they”; the referent (the watchful slaves, v. 37) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “Now it happened that on.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[6:1]  ⁶ tc Most later mss (A C D Θ Ψ [˹³] Ï lat) read ἐν σαββάτῳ δευτεροπρώτῳ (en sabbatw deuteroprwtw, “a second-first Sabbath”), while the earlier and better witnesses have simply ἐν σαββάτῳ (Ì⁴ א B L W ˹ 33 579 1241 2542 it sa). The longer reading is most likely secondary, though various explanations may account for it (for discussion, see TCGNT 116).

[6:1]  ⁷ tn Or “heads of grain.” While the generic term στάχυς (stacus) can refer to the cluster of seeds at the top of grain such as barley or wheat, in the NT the term is restricted to wheat (L&N 3.40; BDAG 941 s.v. 1).

[6:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “picked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.” The participle ψώχοντες (ywconte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style, and the order of the clauses has been transposed to reflect the logical order, which sounds more natural in English.

[16:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the second debtor) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

[16:7]  ⁶ sn The hundred measures here was a hundreds cors. A cor was a Hebrew dry measure for grain, flour, etc., of between 10-12 bushels (about 390 liters). This was a huge amount of wheat, representing the yield of about 100 acres, a debt of between 2500-3000 denarii.

[16:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the manager) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:7]  ⁸ sn The percentage of reduction may not be as great because of the change in material.

[22:34]  ⁶ tn Grk “he said”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:34]  ⁷ sn That is, Peter’s denials will happen before the sun rises.

[22:34]  ⁸ sn Once again, Jesus is quite aware that Peter will deny him. Peter, however, is too nonchalant about the possibility of stumbling.