Luke 5:27

The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners

5:27 After ¹  this, Jesus ²  went out and saw a tax collector ³  named Levi ⁴  sitting at the tax booth. ⁵  “Follow me,” ⁶  he said to him.

Luke 7:24

7:24 When ⁷  John’s messengers had gone, Jesus ⁸  began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness ⁹  to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ¹⁰ 

Luke 23:55

23:55 The ¹¹  women who had accompanied Jesus ¹²  from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

[5:27]  ¹ tn Grk “And after.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[5:27]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[5:27]  ³ sn See the note on tax collectors in 3:12.

[5:27]  ⁴ sn It is possible that Levi is a second name for Matthew, because people often used alternative names in 1st century Jewish culture.

[5:27]  ⁵ tn While “tax office” is sometimes given as a translation for τελώνιον (telwnion; so L&N 57.183), this could give the modern reader a false impression of an indoor office with all its associated furnishings.

[5:27]  ⁶ sn Follow me. For similar calls on the part of Jesus see Luke 5:10-11; 9:23, 59; 18:22.

[7:24]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[7:24]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:24]  ⁹ tn Or “desert.”

[7:24]  ¹⁰ tn There is a debate as to whether one should read this figuratively (“to see someone who is easily blown over?”) or literally (Grk “to see the wilderness vegetation?…No, to see a prophet”). Either view makes good sense, but the following examples suggest the question should be read literally and understood to point to the fact that a prophet drew them to the desert.

[23:55]  ¹³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[23:55]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.