Luke 5:7

5:7 So ¹  they motioned ²  to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were about to sink. ³ 

Luke 7:8

7:8 For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. ⁴  I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, ⁵  and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ⁶ 

Luke 17:20

The Coming of the Kingdom

17:20 Now at one point ⁷  the Pharisees ⁸  asked Jesus ⁹  when the kingdom of God ¹⁰  was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs ¹¹  to be observed,

[5:7]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate consequential nature of the action.

[5:7]  ² tn That is, “they signaled by making gestures” (L&N 33.485).

[5:7]  ³ tn This infinitive conveys the idea that the boats were at the point of sinking.

[7:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “having soldiers under me.”

[7:8]  ⁵ sn I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes. The illustrations highlight the view of authority the soldier sees in the word of one who has authority. Since the centurion was a commander of a hundred soldiers, he understood what it was both to command others and to be obeyed.

[7:8]  ⁶ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[17:20]  ⁷ tn The words “at one point” are supplied to indicate that the following incident is not necessarily in chronological sequence with the preceding event.

[17:20]  ⁸ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[17:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “having been asked by the Pharisees.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the direct object, Jesus, has been supplied from the context.

[17:20]  ¹⁰ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[17:20]  ¹¹ tn Or “is not coming in a way that it can be closely watched” (L&N 24.48). Although there are differing interpretations of what this means, it probably refers to the cosmic signs often associated with the kingdom’s coming in the Jewish view (1 En. 91, 93; 2 Bar. 53—74). See D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1412-14, also H. Riesenfeld, TDNT 8:150.