Luke 5:25

5:25 Immediately ¹  he stood up before them, picked ²  up the stretcher ³  he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying ⁴  God.

Luke 7:36

Jesus’ Anointing

7:36 Now one of the Pharisees ⁵  asked Jesus ⁶  to have dinner with him, so ⁷  he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. ⁸ 

Luke 9:61

9:61 Yet ⁹  another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.” ¹⁰ 

Luke 11:17

11:17 But Jesus, ¹¹  realizing their thoughts, said to them, ¹²  “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, ¹³  and a divided household falls. ¹⁴ 

Luke 14:1

Healing Again on the Sabbath

14:1 Now ¹⁵  one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine ¹⁶  at the house of a leader ¹⁷  of the Pharisees, ¹⁸  they were watching ¹⁹  him closely.

[5:25]  ¹ tn Grk “And immediately.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[5:25]  ² 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]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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.

[7:36]  ⁵ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[7:36]  ⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:36]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ action was the result of the Pharisee’s invitation.

[7:36]  ⁸ tn Grk “and reclined at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.

[9:61]  ⁹ tn Grk “And another also said.”

[9:61]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “to those in my house.”

[11:17]  ¹³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:17]  ¹⁴ sn Jesus here demonstrated the absurdity of the thinking of those who maintained that he was in league with Satan and that he actually derived his power from the devil. He first teaches (vv. 17-20) that if he casts out demons by the ruler of the demons, then in reality Satan is fighting against himself, with the result that his kingdom has come to an end. He then teaches (v. 21-22) about defeating the strong man to prove that he does not need to align himself with the devil because he is more powerful. Jesus defeated Satan at his temptation (4:1-13) and by his exorcisms he clearly demonstrated himself to be stronger than the devil. The passage reveals the desperate condition of the religious leaders, who in their hatred for Jesus end up attributing the work of the Holy Spirit to Satan.

[11:17]  ¹⁵ tn Or “is left in ruins.”

[11:17]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “and house falls on house.” This phrase pictures one house collapsing on another, what is called today a “house of cards.”

[14:1]  ¹⁷ 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.

[14:1]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “to eat bread,” an idiom for participating in a meal.

[14:1]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “a ruler of the Pharisees.” He was probably a synagogue official.

[14:1]  ²⁰ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[14:1]  ²¹ sn Watching…closely is a graphic term meaning to lurk and watch; see Luke 11:53-54.