Luke 3:18

3:18 And in this way, ¹  with many other exhortations, John ²  proclaimed good news to the people.

Luke 9:6

9:6 Then ³  they departed and went throughout ⁴  the villages, proclaiming the good news ⁵  and healing people everywhere.

Luke 2:10

2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, ⁶  for I proclaim to you good news ⁷  that brings great joy to all the people:

Luke 4:18

4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

because he has anointed ⁸  me to proclaim good news ⁹  to the poor. ¹⁰ 

He has sent me ¹¹  to proclaim release ¹²  to the captives

and the regaining of sight ¹³  to the blind,

to set free ¹⁴  those who are oppressed, ¹⁵ 

Luke 4:43

4:43 But Jesus ¹⁶  said to them, “I must ¹⁷  proclaim the good news of the kingdom ¹⁸  of God to the other towns ¹⁹  too, for that is what I was sent ²⁰  to do.” ²¹ 

Luke 8:1

Jesus’ Ministry and the Help of Women

8:1 Some time ²²  afterward ²³  he went on through towns ²⁴  and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news ²⁵  of the kingdom of God. ²⁶  The ²⁷  twelve were with him,

Luke 16:16

16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force ²⁸  until John; ²⁹  since then, ³⁰  the good news of the kingdom of God ³¹  has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. ³² 

Luke 1:19

1:19 The ³³  angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands ³⁴  in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring ³⁵  you this good news.

Luke 7:22

7:22 So ³⁶  he answered them, ³⁷  “Go tell ³⁸  John what you have seen and heard: ³⁹  The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the ⁴⁰  deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

Luke 20:1

The Authority of Jesus

20:1 Now one ⁴¹  day, as Jesus ⁴²  was teaching the people in the temple courts ⁴³  and proclaiming ⁴⁴  the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law ⁴⁵  with the elders came up ⁴⁶ 

[3:18]  ¹ tn On construction μὲν οὖν καί (men oun kai), see BDF §451.1.

[3:18]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:6]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[9:6]  ⁴ tn This is a distributive use of κατά (kata); see L&N 83:12 where this verse is cited as an example of the usage.

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Or “preaching the gospel.”

[2:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “behold.”

[2:10]  ⁶ tn Grk “I evangelize to you great joy.”

[4:18]  ⁷ sn The phrase he has anointed me is an allusion back to Jesus’ baptism in Luke 3:21-22.

[4:18]  ⁸ tn Grk “to evangelize,” “to preach the gospel.”

[4:18]  ⁹ sn The poor is a key term in Luke. It refers to the pious poor and indicates Jesus’ desire to reach out to those the world tends to forget or mistreat. It is like 1:52 in force and also will be echoed in 6:20 (also 1 Pet 2:11-25). Jesus is commissioned to do this.

[4:18]  ¹⁰ tc The majority of mss, especially the later Byzantines, include the phrase “to heal the brokenhearted” at this point (A Θ Ψ 0102 ˹ Ï). The phrase is lacking in several weighty mss (א B D L W Ξ Ë¹³ 33 579 700 892* pc lat sy^s co), including representatives from both the Alexandrian and Western texttypes. From the standpoint of external evidence, the omission of the phrase is more likely original. When internal evidence is considered, the shorter reading becomes almost certain. Scribes would be much more prone to add the phrase here to align the text with Isa 61:1, the source of the quotation, than to remove it from the original.

[4:18]  ¹¹ sn The release in view here is comprehensive, both at a physical level and a spiritual one, as the entire ministry of Jesus makes clear (Luke 1:77-79; 7:47; 24:47; Acts 2:38; 5:31; 10:43).

[4:18]  ¹² sn Again, as with the previous phrase, regaining of sight may well mean more than simply miraculously restoring physical sight, which itself pictures a deeper reality (Luke 1:77-79; 18:35-43).

[4:18]  ¹³ sn The essence of Jesus’ messianic work is expressed in the phrase to set free. This line from Isa 58 says that Jesus will do what the nation had failed to do. It makes the proclamation messianic, not merely prophetic, because Jesus doesn’t just proclaim the message – he brings the deliverance. The word translated set free is the same Greek word (ἄφεσις, afesi") translated release earlier in the verse.

[4:18]  ¹⁴ sn Again, as with the previous phrases, oppressed may well mean more than simply political or economic oppression, but a deeper reality of oppression by sin (Luke 1:77-79; 18:35-43).

[4:43]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:43]  ¹⁰ tn Here δεῖ (dei, “it is necessary”) indicates divine commission (cf. Luke 2:49).

[4:43]  ¹¹ sn The good news of the kingdom, the kingdom of the rule of God through the Messiah, is the topic of Jesus’ preaching.

[4:43]  ¹² tn Or “cities.”

[4:43]  ¹³ sn Jesus was sent by God for this purpose. This is the language of divine commission.

[4:43]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “because for this purpose I was sent.”

[8:1]  ¹¹ tn Grk “And it happened that some time.” 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.

[8:1]  ¹² tn Καθεξῆς (Kaqexh") is a general temporal term and need not mean “soon afterward”; see Luke 1:3; Acts 3:24; 11:4; 18:23 and L&N 61.1.

[8:1]  ¹³ tn Or “cities.”

[8:1]  ¹⁴ sn The combination of preaching and proclaiming the good news is a bit emphatic, stressing Jesus’ teaching ministry on the rule of God.

[8:1]  ¹⁵ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[8:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[16:16]  ¹³ tn There is no verb in the Greek text; one must be supplied. Some translations (NASB, NIV) supply “proclaimed” based on the parallelism with the proclamation of the kingdom. The transitional nature of this verse, however, seems to call for something more like “in effect” (NRSV) or, as used here, “in force.” Further, Greek generally can omit one of two kinds of verbs – either the equative verb or one that is already mentioned in the preceding context (ExSyn 39).

[16:16]  ¹⁴ sn John refers to John the Baptist.

[16:16]  ¹⁵ sn Until John; since then. This verse indicates a shift in era, from law to kingdom.

[16:16]  ¹⁶ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[16:16]  ¹⁷ tn Many translations have “entereth violently into it” (ASV) or “is forcing his way into it” (NASB, NIV). This is not true of everyone. It is better to read the verb here as passive rather than middle, and in a softened sense of “be urged.” See Gen 33:11; Judg 13:15-16; 19:7; 2 Sam 3:25, 27 in the LXX. This fits the context well because it agrees with Jesus’ attempt to persuade his opponents to respond morally. For further discussion and details, see D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1352-53.

[1:19]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:19]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “the one who is standing before God.”

[1:19]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “to announce these things of good news to you.”

[7:22]  ¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the relationship to Jesus’ miraculous cures in the preceding sentence.

[7:22]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation to “he answered them.”

[7:22]  ¹⁹ sn The same verb has been translated “inform” in 7:18.

[7:22]  ²⁰ sn What you have seen and heard. The following activities all paraphrase various OT descriptions of the time of promised salvation: Isa 35:5-6; 26:19; 29:18-19; 61:1. Jesus is answering not by acknowledging a title, but by pointing to the nature of his works, thus indicating the nature of the time.

[7:22]  ²¹ tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[20:1]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “Now it happened that one.” 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. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[20:1]  ²⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:1]  ²¹ tn Grk “the temple.”

[20:1]  ²² tn Or “preaching.”

[20:1]  ²³ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[20:1]  ²⁴ sn The chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up. The description is similar to Luke 19:47. The leaders are really watching Jesus at this point.