Luke 4:2

4:2 where for forty days he endured temptations ¹  from the devil. He ²  ate nothing ³  during those days, and when they were completed, ⁴  he was famished.

Luke 6:8

6:8 But ⁵  he knew ⁶  their thoughts, ⁷  and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand here.” ⁸  So ⁹  he rose and stood there.

[4:2]  ¹ tn Grk “in the desert, for forty days being tempted.” The participle πειραζόμενος (peirazomeno") has been translated as an adverbial clause in English to avoid a run-on sentence with a second “and.” Here the present participle suggests a period of forty days of testing. Three samples of the end of the testing are given in the following verses.

[4:2]  ² tn Grk “And he.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:2]  ³ sn The reference to Jesus eating nothing could well be an idiom meaning that he ate only what the desert provided; see Exod 34:28. A desert fast simply meant eating only what one could obtain in the desert. The parallel in Matt 4:2 speaks only of Jesus fasting.

[4:2]  ⁴ tn The Greek word here is συντελεσθείσων (suntelesqeiswn) from the verb συντελέω (suntelew).

[6:8]  ⁵ tn Here the conjunction δέ (de) has been translated as contrastive.

[6:8]  ⁶ sn The statement that Jesus knew their thoughts adds a prophetic note to his response; see Luke 5:22.

[6:8]  ⁷ tn Grk “their reasonings.” The implication is that Jesus knew his opponents’ plans and motives, so the translation “thoughts” was used here.

[6:8]  ⁸ sn Most likely synagogues were arranged with benches along the walls and open space in the center for seating on the floor.

[6:8]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the man’s action was a result of Jesus’ order.