Luke 23:20

23:20 Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted ¹  to release Jesus.

Luke 10:29

10:29 But the expert, ²  wanting to justify ³  himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 14:28

14:28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down ⁴  first and compute the cost ⁵  to see if he has enough money to complete it?

Luke 23:8

23:8 When ⁶  Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform ⁷  some miraculous sign. ⁸ 

[23:20]  ¹ sn The account pictures a battle of wills – the people versus Pilate. Pilate is consistently portrayed in Luke’s account as wanting to release Jesus because he believed him to be innocent.

[10:29]  ² tn Grk “And he”; the referent (the expert in religious law, shortened here to “the expert”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:29]  ³ tn Or “vindicate.”

[14:28]  ³ tn The participle καθίσας (kaqisas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[14:28]  ⁴ tn The first illustration involves checking to see if enough funds exist to build a watchtower. Both ψηφίζω (yhfizw, “compute”) and δαπάνη (dapanh, “cost”) are economic terms.

[23:8]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[23:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “to see some sign performed by him.” Here the passive construction has been translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style.

[23:8]  ⁶ sn Herod, hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign, seems to have treated Jesus as a curiosity (cf. 9:7-9).