Luke 6:11
Context6:11 But they were filled with mindless rage 1 and began debating with one another what they would do 2 to Jesus.
Luke 11:40
Context11:40 You fools! 3 Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well? 4
Luke 16:17
Context16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter 5 in the law to become void. 6


[6:11] 1 tn The term ἄνοια (anoia) denotes a kind of insane or mindless fury; the opponents were beside themselves with rage. They could not rejoice in the healing, but could only react against Jesus.
[6:11] 2 tn The use of the optative (ποιήσαιεν, poihsaien, “might do”) in an indirect question indicates that the formal opposition and planning of Jesus’ enemies started here (BDF §§385.1; 386.1).
[11:40] 3 sn You fools is a rebuke which in the OT refers to someone who is blind to God (Ps 14:1, 53:1; 92:6; Prov 6:12).
[11:40] 4 tn The question includes a Greek particle, οὐ (ou), that expects a positive reply. God, the maker of both, is concerned for what is both inside and outside.
[16:17] 5 tn Or “one small part of a letter” (L&N 33.37).
[16:17] 6 tn Grk “to fall”; that is, “to drop out of the text.” Jesus’ point may be that the law is going to reach its goal without fail, in that the era of the promised kingdom comes.