Luke 5:8

5:8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, ¹  for I am a sinful man!” ² 

Luke 13:31

Going to Jerusalem

13:31 At that time, ³  some Pharisees ⁴  came up and said to Jesus, ⁵  “Get away from here, ⁶  because Herod ⁷  wants to kill you.”

Luke 14:23

14:23 So ⁸  the master said to his ⁹  slave, ‘Go out to the highways ¹⁰  and country roads ¹¹  and urge ¹²  people ¹³  to come in, so that my house will be filled. ¹⁴ 

[5:8]  ¹ sn Lord is a term of high respect in this context. God’s presence in the work of Jesus makes Peter recognize his authority. This vocative is common in Luke (20 times), but does not yet have its full confessional force.

[5:8]  ² sn Peter was intimidated that someone who was obviously working with divine backing was in his presence (“Go away from me”). He feared his sinfulness might lead to judgment, but Jesus would show him otherwise.

[13:31]  ³ tn Grk “At that very hour.”

[13:31]  ⁴ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[13:31]  ⁵ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:31]  ⁶ tn Grk “Go away and leave from here,” which is redundant in English and has been shortened to “Get away from here.”

[13:31]  ⁷ sn Herod refers here to Herod Antipas. See the note on Herod Antipas in 3:1.

[14:23]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the master’s response to the slave’s report.

[14:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[14:23]  ⁷ sn Go out to the highways and country roads. This suggests the inclusion of people outside the town, even beyond the needy (poor, crippled, blind, and lame) in the town, and so is an allusion to the inclusion of the Gentiles.

[14:23]  ⁸ tn The Greek word φραγμός (fragmo") refers to a fence, wall, or hedge surrounding a vineyard (BDAG 1064 s.v. 1). “Highways” and “country roads” probably refer not to separate places, but to the situation outside the town where the rural roads run right alongside the hedges or fences surrounding the fields (cf. J. A. Fitzmyer, Luke [AB], 1057).

[14:23]  ⁹ tn Traditionally “force” or “compel,” but according to BDAG 60 s.v. ἀναγκάζω 2 this is a weakened nuance: “strongly urge/invite.” The meaning in this context is more like “persuade.”

[14:23]  ¹⁰ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[14:23]  ¹¹ sn So that my house will be filled. God will bless many people.