Luke 5:37

5:37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. ¹  If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

Luke 8:33

8:33 So ²  the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs ³  rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

Luke 11:17

11:17 But Jesus, ⁴  realizing their thoughts, said to them, ⁵  “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, ⁶  and a divided household falls. ⁷ 

Luke 17:27

17:27 People ⁸  were eating, ⁹  they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then ¹⁰  the flood came and destroyed them all. ¹¹ 

Luke 20:16

20:16 He will come and destroy ¹²  those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” ¹³  When the people ¹⁴  heard this, they said, “May this never happen!” ¹⁵ 

[5:37]  ¹ sn Wineskins were bags made of skin or leather, used for storing wine in NT times. As the new wine fermented and expanded, it would stretch the new wineskins. Putting new (unfermented) wine in old wineskins, which had already been stretched, would result in the bursting of the wineskins.

[8:33]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate a conclusion and transition in the narrative.

[8:33]  ³ tn The words “of pigs” are supplied because of the following verb in English, “were drowned,” which is plural.

[11:17]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:17]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Or “is left in ruins.”

[11:17]  ⁶ tn Grk “and house falls on house.” This phrase pictures one house collapsing on another, what is called today a “house of cards.”

[17:27]  ⁴ tn Grk “They.” The plural in Greek is indefinite, referring to people in general.

[17:27]  ⁵ tn These verbs (“eating… drinking… marrying… being given in marriage”) are all progressive imperfects, describing action in progress at that time.

[17:27]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[17:27]  ⁷ sn Like that flood came and destroyed them all, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many.

[20:16]  ⁵ sn The statement that the owner will come and destroy those tenants is a promise of judgment; see Luke 13:34-35; 19:41-44.

[20:16]  ⁶ sn The warning that the owner would give the vineyard to others suggests that the care of the promise and the nation’s hope would be passed to others. This eventually looks to Gentile inclusion; see Eph 2:11-22.

[20:16]  ⁷ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people addressed in v. 9) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:16]  ⁸ sn May this never happen! Jesus’ audience got the point and did not want to consider a story where the nation would suffer judgment.