Luke 3:15

3:15 While the people were filled with anticipation ¹  and they all wondered ²  whether perhaps John ³  could be the Christ, ⁴ 

Luke 19:47

19:47 Jesus ⁵  was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law ⁶  and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate ⁷  him,

Luke 22:66

22:66 When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. ⁸  Then ⁹  they led Jesus ¹⁰  away to their council ¹¹ 

[3:15]  ¹ tn Or “with expectation.” The participle προσδοκῶντος (prosdokwnto") is taken temporally.

[3:15]  ² tn Grk “pondered in their hearts.”

[3:15]  ³ tn Grk “in their hearts concerning John, (whether) perhaps he might be the Christ.” The translation simplifies the style here.

[3:15]  ⁴ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[19:47]  ⁵ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:47]  ⁶ tn Grk “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[19:47]  ⁷ tn Grk “to destroy.”

[22:66]  ⁹ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[22:66]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[22:66]  ¹¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:66]  ¹² sn Their council is probably a reference to the Jewish Sanhedrin, the council of seventy leaders.