Luke 24:17-21

24:17 Then ¹  he said to them, “What are these matters ²  you are discussing so intently ³  as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad. 24:18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, ⁴  “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know ⁵  the things that have happened there ⁶  in these days?” 24:19 He ⁷  said to them, “What things?” “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied, “a man ⁸  who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet ⁹  before God and all the people; 24:20 and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over ¹⁰  to be condemned to death, and crucified ¹¹  him. 24:21 But we had hoped ¹²  that he was the one who was going to redeem ¹³  Israel. Not only this, but it is now the third day since these things happened.

Daniel 9:26

9:26 Now after the sixty-two weeks,

an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. ¹⁴ 

As for the city and the sanctuary,

the people of the coming prince will destroy ¹⁵  them.

But his end will come speedily ¹⁶  like a flood. ¹⁷ 

Until the end of the war that has been decreed

there will be destruction.

Zechariah 13:7

13:7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd,

against the man who is my associate,”

says the Lord who rules over all.

Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; ¹⁸ 

I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.

John 12:8

12:8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!” ¹⁹ 

John 13:33

13:33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, ²⁰  and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, ²¹  ‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ ²²  now I tell you the same. ²³ 

John 14:3-4

14:3 And if I go and make ready ²⁴  a place for you, I will come again and take you ²⁵  to be with me, ²⁶  so that where I am you may be too. 14:4 And you know the way where I am going.” ²⁷ 

John 16:4-7

16:4 But I have told you these things ²⁸  so that when their time ²⁹  comes, you will remember that I told you about them. ³⁰ 

“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you. ³¹  16:5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, ³²  and not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’ ³³  16:6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness ³⁴  because I have said these things to you. 16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate ³⁵  will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.

John 16:16-22

16:16 In a little while you ³⁶  will see me no longer; again after a little while, you ³⁷  will see me.” ³⁸ 

16:17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is the meaning of what he is saying, ³⁹  ‘In a little while you ⁴⁰  will not see me; again after a little while, you ⁴¹  will see me,’ and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?” ⁴²  16:18 So they kept on repeating, ⁴³  “What is the meaning of what he says, ⁴⁴  ‘In a little while’? ⁴⁵  We do not understand ⁴⁶  what he is talking about.” ⁴⁷ 

16:19 Jesus could see ⁴⁸  that they wanted to ask him about these things, ⁴⁹  so ⁵⁰  he said to them, “Are you asking ⁵¹  each other about this – that I said, ‘In a little while you ⁵²  will not see me; again after a little while, you ⁵³  will see me’? 16:20 I tell you the solemn truth, ⁵⁴  you will weep ⁵⁵  and wail, ⁵⁶  but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, ⁵⁷  but your sadness will turn into ⁵⁸  joy. 16:21 When a woman gives birth, she has distress ⁵⁹  because her time ⁶⁰  has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being ⁶¹  has been born into the world. ⁶²  16:22 So also you have sorrow ⁶³  now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. ⁶⁴ 

John 16:28

16:28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, ⁶⁵  I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” ⁶⁶ 

John 17:11-13

17:11 I ⁶⁷  am no longer in the world, but ⁶⁸  they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe ⁶⁹  in your name ⁷⁰  that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. ⁷¹  17:12 When I was with them I kept them safe ⁷²  and watched over them ⁷³  in your name ⁷⁴  that you have given me. Not one ⁷⁵  of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, ⁷⁶  so that the scripture could be fulfilled. ⁷⁷  17:13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience ⁷⁸  my joy completed ⁷⁹  in themselves.

Acts 1:9

1:9 After ⁸⁰  he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

Acts 3:21

3:21 This one ⁸¹  heaven must ⁸²  receive until the time all things are restored, ⁸³  which God declared ⁸⁴  from times long ago ⁸⁵  through his holy prophets.

[24:17]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[24:17]  ² tn Grk “words,” but the term λόγος (logos) can refer to “matters” rather than only “words” (BDAG 600 s.v. 1.a.ε).

[24:17]  ³ tn “Discussing so intently” translates the reciprocal idea conveyed by πρὸς ἀλλήλους (pro" allhlou"). The term ἀντιβάλλω (antiballw), used only here in the NT, has the nuance of “arguing” or “debating” a point (the English idiom “to exchange words” also comes close).

[24:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “answering him, said.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[24:18]  ⁵ sn There is irony and almost a sense of mocking disbelief as the question “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that have happened there in these days?” comes to Jesus; but, of course, the readers know what the travelers do not.

[24:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “in it” (referring to the city of Jerusalem).

[24:19]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[24:19]  ⁸ tn This translates the Greek term ἀνήρ (anhr).

[24:19]  ⁹ sn The role of Jesus as prophet is a function Luke frequently mentions: 4:25-27; 9:35; 13:31-35.

[24:20]  ¹⁰ sn Handed him over is another summary of the passion like Luke 9:22.

[24:20]  ¹¹ sn See the note on crucify in 23:21.

[24:21]  ¹² tn The imperfect verb looks back to the view that they held during Jesus’ past ministry.

[24:21]  ¹³ sn Their messianic hope concerning Jesus is expressed by the phrase who was going to redeem Israel.

[9:26]  ¹⁴ sn The expression have nothing is difficult. Presumably it refers to an absence of support or assistance for the anointed one at the time of his “cutting off.” The KJV rendering “but not for himself,” apparently suggesting a vicarious death, cannot be defended.

[9:26]  ¹⁵ tc Some witnesses (e.g., the Syriac) understand a passive verb and the preposition עִם (’im, “with) rather than the noun עַם (’am, “people”), thus reading “the city and the sanctuary will be destroyed with the coming prince.”

[9:26]  ¹⁶ tn The words “will come speedily” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[9:26]  ¹⁷ sn Flood here is a metaphor for sudden destruction.

[13:7]  ¹⁸ sn Despite the NT use of this text to speak of the scattering of the disciples following Jesus’ crucifixion (Matt 26:31; Mark 14:27), the immediate context of Zechariah suggests that unfaithful shepherds (kings) will be punished by the Lord precisely so their flocks (disobedient Israel) can be scattered (cf. Zech 11:6, 8, 9, 16). It is likely that Jesus drew on this passage merely to make the point that whenever shepherds are incapacitated, sheep will scatter. Thus he was not identifying himself with the shepherd in this text (the shepherd in the Zechariah text is a character who is portrayed negatively).

[12:8]  ¹⁹ tc A few isolated witnesses omit v. 8 (D sy^s), part of v. 8 (Ì⁷⁵), or vv. 7-8 ({0250}). The latter two omissions are surely due to errors of sight, while the former can be attributed to D’s sometimes erratic behavior. The verse is secure in light of the overwhelming evidence on its behalf.

[13:33]  ²⁰ tn Or “You will seek me.”

[13:33]  ²¹ tn Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9.) Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem in general, or to the Jewish religious leaders in particular, who had sent servants to attempt to arrest Jesus on that occasion (John 7:33-35). The last option is the one adopted in the translation above.

[13:33]  ²² sn See John 7:33-34.

[13:33]  ²³ tn The words “the same” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[14:3]  ²⁴ tn Or “prepare.”

[14:3]  ²⁵ tn Or “bring you.”

[14:3]  ²⁶ tn Grk “to myself.”

[14:4]  ²⁷ tc Most mss (Ì^66* A C³ D Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï lat sy sa) read “You know where I am going, and you know the way” (καὶ ὅπου [ἐγὼ] ὑπάγω οἴδατε καὶ τὴν ὁδόν οἴδατε, kai {opou egw Jupagw oidate kai thn Jodon oidate). The difference between this reading and the wording in NA²⁷ (supported by Ì^66c א B C* L Q W 33 579 pc) is the addition of καί before τὴν ὁδόν and οἴδατε after. Either assertion on the part of Jesus would be understandable: “you know the way where I am going” or “you know where I am going and you know the way,” although the shorter reading is a bit more awkward syntactically. In light of this, and in light of the expansion already at hand in v. 5, the longer reading appears to be a motivated reading. The shorter reading is thus preferred because of its superior external and internal evidence.

[16:4]  ²⁸ tn The first half of v. 4 resumes the statement of 16:1, ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν (tauta lelalhka Jumin), in a somewhat more positive fashion, omitting the reference to the disciples being caused to stumble.

[16:4]  ²⁹ tn Grk “their hour.”

[16:4]  ³⁰ tn The words “about them” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[16:4]  ³¹ sn This verse serves as a transition between the preceding discussion of the persecutions the disciples will face in the world after the departure of Jesus, and the following discussion concerning the departure of Jesus and the coming of the Spirit-Paraclete. Jesus had not told the disciples these things from the beginning because he was with them.

[16:5]  ³² sn Now the theme of Jesus’ impending departure is resumed (I am going to the one who sent me). It will also be mentioned in 16:10, 17, and 28. Jesus had said to his opponents in 7:33 that he was going to the one who sent him; in 13:33 he had spoken of going where the disciples could not come. At that point Peter had inquired where he was going, but it appears that Peter did not understand Jesus’ reply at that time and did not persist in further questioning. In 14:5 Thomas had asked Jesus where he was going.

[16:5]  ³³ sn Now none of the disciples asks Jesus where he is going, and the reason is given in the following verse: They have been overcome with sadness as a result of the predictions of coming persecution that Jesus has just spoken to them in 15:18-25 and 16:1-4a. Their shock at Jesus’ revelation of coming persecution is so great that none of them thinks to ask him where it is that he is going.

[16:6]  ³⁴ tn Or “distress” or “grief.”

[16:7]  ³⁵ tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). See the note on the word “Advocate” in John 14:16 for a discussion of how this word is translated.

[16:16]  ³⁶ tn Grk “A little while, and you.”

[16:16]  ³⁷ tn Grk “and again a little while, and you.”

[16:16]  ³⁸ sn The phrase after a little while, you will see me is sometimes taken to refer to the coming of the Holy Spirit after Jesus departs, but (as at 14:19) it is much more probable that it refers to the postresurrection appearances of Jesus to the disciples. There is no indication in the context that the disciples will see Jesus only with “spiritual” sight, as would be the case if the coming of the Spirit is in view.

[16:17]  ³⁹ tn Grk “What is this that he is saying to us.”

[16:17]  ⁴⁰ tn Grk “A little while, and you.”

[16:17]  ⁴¹ tn Grk “and again a little while, and you.”

[16:17]  ⁴² sn These fragmentary quotations of Jesus’ statements are from 16:16 and 16:10, and indicate that the disciples heard only part of what Jesus had to say to them on this occasion.

[16:18]  ⁴³ tn Grk “they kept on saying.”

[16:18]  ⁴⁴ tn Grk “What is this that he says.”

[16:18]  ⁴⁵ tn Grk “A little while.” Although the phrase τὸ μικρόν (to mikron) in John 16:18 could be translated simply “a little while,” it was translated “in a little while” to maintain the connection to John 16:16, where it has the latter meaning in context.

[16:18]  ⁴⁶ tn Or “we do not know.”

[16:18]  ⁴⁷ tn Grk “what he is speaking.”

[16:19]  ⁴⁸ tn Grk “knew.”

[16:19]  ⁴⁹ tn The words “about these things” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[16:19]  ⁵⁰ tn Καί (kai) has been translated as “so” here to indicate the following statement is a result of Jesus’ observation in v. 19a.

[16:19]  ⁵¹ tn Grk “inquiring” or “seeking.”

[16:19]  ⁵² tn Grk “A little while, and you.”

[16:19]  ⁵³ tn Grk “and again a little while, and you.”

[16:20]  ⁵⁴ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[16:20]  ⁵⁵ tn Or “wail,” “cry.”

[16:20]  ⁵⁶ tn Or “lament.”

[16:20]  ⁵⁷ tn Or “sorrowful.”

[16:20]  ⁵⁸ tn Grk “will become.”

[16:21]  ⁵⁹ sn The same word translated distress here has been translated sadness in the previous verse (a wordplay that is not exactly reproducible in English).

[16:21]  ⁶⁰ tn Grk “her hour.”

[16:21]  ⁶¹ tn Grk “that a man” (but in a generic sense, referring to a human being).

[16:21]  ⁶² sn Jesus now compares the situation of the disciples to a woman in childbirth. Just as the woman in the delivery of her child experiences real pain and anguish (has distress), so the disciples will also undergo real anguish at the crucifixion of Jesus. But once the child has been born, the mother’s anguish is turned into joy, and she forgets the past suffering. The same will be true of the disciples, who after Jesus’ resurrection and reappearance to them will forget the anguish they suffered at his death on account of their joy.

[16:22]  ⁶³ tn Or “distress.”

[16:22]  ⁶⁴ sn An allusion to Isa 66:14 LXX, which reads: “Then you will see, and your heart will be glad, and your bones will flourish like the new grass; and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, but he will be indignant toward his enemies.” The change from “you will see [me]” to I will see you places more emphasis on Jesus as the one who reinitiates the relationship with the disciples after his resurrection, but v. 16 (you will see me) is more like Isa 66:14. Further support for seeing this allusion as intentional is found in Isa 66:7, which uses the same imagery of the woman giving birth found in John 16:21. In the context of Isa 66 the passages refer to the institution of the messianic kingdom, and in fact the last clause of 66:14 along with the following verses (15-17) have yet to be fulfilled. This is part of the tension of present and future eschatological fulfillment that runs throughout the NT, by virtue of the fact that there are two advents. Some prophecies are fulfilled or partially fulfilled at the first advent, while other prophecies or parts of prophecies await fulfillment at the second.

[16:28]  ⁶⁵ tn Or “into the world; again.” Here πάλιν (palin) functions as a marker of contrast, with the implication of a sequence.

[16:28]  ⁶⁶ sn The statement I am leaving the world and going to the Father is a summary of the entire Gospel of John. It summarizes the earthly career of the Word made flesh, Jesus of Nazareth, on his mission from the Father to be the Savior of the world, beginning with his entry into the world as he came forth from God and concluding with his departure from the world as he returned to the Father.

[17:11]  ⁶⁷ tn Grk And I.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[17:11]  ⁶⁸ tn The context indicates that this should be translated as an adversative or contrastive conjunction.

[17:11]  ⁶⁹ tn Or “protect them”; Grk “keep them.”

[17:11]  ⁷⁰ tn Or “by your name.”

[17:11]  ⁷¹ tn The second repetition of “one” is implied, and is supplied here for clarity.

[17:12]  ⁷² tn Or “I protected them”; Grk “I kept them.”

[17:12]  ⁷³ tn Grk “and guarded them.”

[17:12]  ⁷⁴ tn Or “by your name.”

[17:12]  ⁷⁵ tn Grk And not one.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[17:12]  ⁷⁶ tn Grk “the son of destruction” (a Semitic idiom for one appointed for destruction; here it is a reference to Judas).

[17:12]  ⁷⁷ sn A possible allusion to Ps 41:9 or Prov 24:22 LXX. The exact passage is not specified here, but in John 13:18, Ps 41:9 is explicitly quoted by Jesus with reference to the traitor, suggesting that this is the passage to which Jesus refers here. The previous mention of Ps 41:9 in John 13:18 probably explains why the author felt no need for an explanatory parenthetical note here. It is also possible that the passage referred to here is Prov 24:22 LXX, where in the Greek text the phrase “son of destruction” appears.

[17:13]  ⁷⁸ tn Grk “they may have.”

[17:13]  ⁷⁹ tn Or “fulfilled.”

[1:9]  ⁸⁰ tn Grk “And after.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[3:21]  ⁸¹ tn Grk “whom,” continuing the sentence from v. 20.

[3:21]  ⁸² sn The term must used here (δεῖ, dei, “it is necessary”) is a key Lukan term to point to the plan of God and what must occur.

[3:21]  ⁸³ tn Grk “until the times of the restoration of all things.” Because of the awkward English style of the extended genitive construction, and because the following relative clause has as its referent the “time of restoration” rather than “all things,” the phrase was translated “until the time all things are restored.”

[3:21]  ⁸⁴ tn Or “spoke.”

[3:21]  ⁸⁵ tn Or “from all ages past.”