Luke 5:1

The Call of the Disciples

5:1 Now ¹  Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, ²  and the crowd was pressing around him ³  to hear the word of God.

Luke 5:25

5:25 Immediately ⁴  he stood up before them, picked ⁵  up the stretcher ⁶  he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying ⁷  God.

Luke 15:18

15:18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned ⁸  against heaven ⁹  and against ¹⁰  you.

Luke 15:30

15:30 But when this son of yours ¹¹  came back, who has devoured ¹²  your assets with prostitutes, ¹³  you killed the fattened calf ¹⁴  for him!’

Luke 16:22

16:22 “Now ¹⁵  the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. ¹⁶  The ¹⁷  rich man also died and was buried. ¹⁸ 

Luke 20:13

20:13 Then ¹⁹  the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; ²⁰  perhaps they will respect him.’

Luke 23:25

23:25 He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over ²¹  to their will. ²² 

Luke 23:33

23:33 So ²³  when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” ²⁴  they crucified ²⁵  him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

[5:1]  ¹ tn Grk “Now it happened that.” 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.

[5:1]  ² sn The Lake of Gennesaret is another name for the Sea of Galilee. Cf. the parallel in Matt 4:18.

[5:1]  ³ sn The image of the crowd pressing around him suggests the people leaning forward to catch Jesus’ every word.

[5:25]  ⁴ tn Grk “And immediately.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[5:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “and picked up.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because contemporary English normally places a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series.

[5:25]  ⁶ tn Grk “picked up what he had been lying on”; the referent of the relative pronoun (the stretcher) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:25]  ⁷ sn Note the man’s response, glorifying God. Joy at God’s work is also a key theme in Luke: 2:20; 4:15; 5:26; 7:16; 13:13; 17:15; 18:43; 23:47.

[15:18]  ⁷ sn In the confession “I have sinned” there is a recognition of wrong that pictures the penitent coming home and “being found.”

[15:18]  ⁸ sn The phrase against heaven is a circumlocution for God.

[15:18]  ⁹ tn According to BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνωπιον 4.a, “in relation to ἁμαρτάνειν ἐ. τινος sin against someone Lk 15:18, 21 (cf. Jdth 5:17; 1 Km 7:6; 20:1).”

[15:30]  ¹⁰ sn Note the younger son is not “my brother” but this son of yours (an expression with a distinctly pejorative nuance).

[15:30]  ¹¹ sn This is another graphic description. The younger son’s consumption had been like a glutton. He had both figuratively and literally devoured the assets which were given to him.

[15:30]  ¹² sn The charge concerning the prostitutes is unproven, but essentially the older brother accuses the father of committing an injustice by rewarding his younger son’s unrighteous behavior.

[15:30]  ¹³ sn See note on the phrase “fattened calf” in v. 23.

[16:22]  ¹³ tn Grk “Now it happened that the.” 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.

[16:22]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “to Abraham’s bosom.” The phrase “carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom” describes being gathered to the fathers and is a way to refer to heaven (Gen 15:15; 47:30; Deut 31:16).

[16:22]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[16:22]  ¹⁶ sn The shorter description suggests a different fate, which is confirmed in the following verses.

[20:13]  ¹⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[20:13]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “my beloved son.” See comment at Luke 3:22.

[23:25]  ¹⁹ tn Or “delivered up.”

[23:25]  ²⁰ sn He handed Jesus over to their will. Here is where Luke places the major blame for Jesus’ death. It lies with the Jewish nation, especially the leadership, though in Acts 4:24-27 he will bring in the opposition of Herod, Pilate, and all people.

[23:33]  ²² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the preceding material.

[23:33]  ²³ sn The place that is called ‘The Skull’ (known as Golgotha in Aramaic, cf. John 19:17) is north and just outside of Jerusalem. The hill on which it is located protruded much like a skull, giving the place its name. The Latin word for Greek κρανίον (kranion) is calvaria, from which the English word “Calvary” derives (cf. Luke 23:33 in the KJV).

[23:33]  ²⁴ sn See the note on crucify in 23:21.