Luke 6:21

6:21 “Blessed are you who hunger ¹  now, for you will be satisfied. ² 

“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. ³ 

Luke 15:1

The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin

15:1 Now all the tax collectors ⁴  and sinners were coming ⁵  to hear him.

Luke 22:63

22:63 Now ⁶  the men who were holding Jesus ⁷  under guard began to mock him and beat him.

Luke 23:10

23:10 The chief priests and the experts in the law ⁸  were there, vehemently accusing him. ⁹ 

[6:21]  ¹ sn You who hunger are people like the poor Jesus has already mentioned. The term has OT roots both in conjunction with the poor (Isa 32:6-7; 58:6-7, 9-10; Ezek 18:7, 16) or by itself (Ps 37:16-19; 107:9).

[6:21]  ² sn The promise you will be satisfied is the first of several “reversals” noted in these promises. The beatitudes and the reversals that accompany them serve in the sermon as an invitation to enter into God’s care, because one can know God cares for those who turn to him.

[6:21]  ³ sn You will laugh alludes to the joy that comes to God’s people in the salvation to come.

[15:1]  ⁴ sn See the note on tax collectors in 3:12.

[15:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “were drawing near.”

[22:63]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[22:63]  ⁸ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:10]  ¹⁰ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[23:10]  ¹¹ sn Luke portrays the Jewish leadership as driving events toward the cross by vehemently accusing Jesus.