Luke 3:23

The Genealogy of Jesus

3:23 So ¹  Jesus, when he began his ministry, ²  was about thirty years old. He was ³  the son (as was supposed) ⁴  of Joseph, the son ⁵  of Heli,

Luke 6:40

6:40 A disciple ⁶  is not greater than ⁷  his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.

Luke 9:50

9:50 But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”

Luke 11:23

11:23 Whoever is not with me is against me, ⁸  and whoever does not gather with me scatters. ⁹ 

Luke 15:31

15:31 Then ¹⁰  the father ¹¹  said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.

Luke 21:11

21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and famines ¹²  and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights ¹³  and great signs ¹⁴  from heaven.

Luke 24:6

24:6 He is not here, but has been raised! ¹⁵  Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, ¹⁶ 

[3:23]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the summary nature of the statement.

[3:23]  ² tn The words “his ministry” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the contemporary English reader.

[3:23]  ³ tn Grk “of age, being.” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the participle ὤν (wn) has been translated as a finite verb with the pronoun “he” supplied as subject, and a new sentence begun in the translation at this point.

[3:23]  ⁴ sn The parenthetical remark as was supposed makes it clear that Joseph was not the biological father of Jesus. But a question still remains whose genealogy this is. Mary is nowhere mentioned, so this may simply refer to the line of Joseph, who would have functioned as Jesus’ legal father, much like stepchildren can have when they are adopted by a second parent.

[3:23]  ⁵ tc Several of the names in the list have alternate spellings in the ms tradition, but most of these are limited to a few mss. Only significant differences are considered in the notes through v. 38.

[6:40]  ⁶ tn Or “student.”

[6:40]  ⁷ tn Or “significantly different.” The idea, as the next phrase shows, is that teachers build followers who go the same direction they do.

[11:23]  ¹¹ sn Whoever is not with me is against me. The call here is to join the victor. Failure to do so means that one is being destructive. Responding to Jesus is the issue.

[11:23]  ¹² sn For the image of scattering, see Pss. Sol. 17:18.

[15:31]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events in the parable.

[15:31]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:11]  ²¹ sn See Isa 5:13-14; 13:6-16; Hag 2:6-7; Zech 14:4.

[21:11]  ²² tn This term, φόβητρον (fobhtron), occurs only here in the NT. It could refer to an object, event, or condition that causes fear, but in the context it is linked with great signs from heaven, so the translation “sights” was preferred.

[21:11]  ²³ sn See Jer 4:13-22; 14:12; 21:6-7.

[24:6]  ²⁶ tc The phrase “He is not here, but has been raised” is omitted by a few mss (D it), but it has wide ms support and differs slightly from the similar statement in Matt 28:6 and Mark 16:6. Although NA²⁷ places the phrase at the beginning of v. 6, as do most modern English translations, it is omitted from the RSV and placed at the end of v. 5 in the NRSV.

[24:6]  ²⁷ sn While he was still in Galilee looks back to the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. So the point is that this was announced long ago, and should come as no surprise.