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 7:16

7:16 Fear ⁶  seized them all, and they began to glorify ⁷  God, saying, “A great prophet ⁸  has appeared ⁹  among us!” and “God has come to help ¹⁰  his people!”

Luke 10:7

10:7 Stay ¹¹  in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, ¹²  for the worker deserves his pay. ¹³  Do not move around from house to house.

Luke 19:13

19:13 And he summoned ten of his slaves, ¹⁴  gave them ten minas, ¹⁵  and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’

[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.

[7:16]  ⁶ tn Or “Awe.” Grk “fear,” but the context and the following remark show that it is mixed with wonder; see L&N 53.59. This is a reaction to God’s work; see Luke 5:9.

[7:16]  ⁷ tn This imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[7:16]  ⁸ sn That Jesus was a great prophet was a natural conclusion for the crowd to make, given the healing; but Jesus is more than this. See Luke 9:8, 19-20.

[7:16]  ⁹ tn Grk “arisen.”

[7:16]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “visited,” but this conveys a different impression to a modern reader. L&N 85.11 renders the verb, “to be present, with the implication of concern – ‘to be present to help, to be on hand to aid.’ … ‘God has come to help his people’ Lk 7:16.” The language recalls Luke 1:68, 78.

[10:7]  ¹¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:7]  ¹² tn Grk “eating and drinking the things from them” (an idiom for what the people in the house provide the guests).

[10:7]  ¹³ sn On the phrase the worker deserves his pay see 1 Tim 5:18 and 1 Cor 9:14.

[19:13]  ¹⁶ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.

[19:13]  ¹⁷ sn That is, one for each. A mina was a Greek monetary unit worth one hundred denarii or about four months’ wages for an average worker based on a six-day work week.