Luke 3:12

3:12 Tax collectors ¹  also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

Luke 11:38

11:38 The ²  Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus ³  did not first wash his hands ⁴  before the meal.

Luke 12:50

12:50 I have a baptism ⁵  to undergo, ⁶  and how distressed I am until it is finished!

[3:12]  ¹ sn The tax collectors would bid to collect taxes for the Roman government and then add a surcharge, which they kept. Since tax collectors worked for Rome, they were viewed as traitors to their own people and were not well liked. Yet even they were moved by John’s call.

[11:38]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[11:38]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:38]  ⁴ tn The words “his hands” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied for clarity.

[12:50]  ³ sn The figure of the baptism is variously interpreted, as some see a reference (1) to martyrdom or (2) to inundation with God’s judgment. The OT background, however, suggests the latter sense: Jesus is about to be uniquely inundated with God’s judgment as he is rejected, persecuted, and killed (Ps 18:4, 16; 42:7; 69:1-2; Isa 8:7-8; 30:27-28; Jonah 2:3-6).

[12:50]  ⁴ tn Grk “to be baptized with.”