Luke 6:41

6:41 Why ¹  do you see the speck ²  in your brother’s eye, but fail to see ³  the beam of wood ⁴  in your own?

Luke 9:7

Herod’s Confusion about Jesus

9:7 Now Herod ⁵  the tetrarch ⁶  heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, ⁷  because some people were saying that John ⁸  had been raised from the dead,

[6:41]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[6:41]  ² sn A speck (also twice in v. 42) refers to a small piece of wood, chaff, or straw (L&N 3.66).

[6:41]  ³ tn Or “do not notice.”

[6:41]  ⁴ sn The beam of wood (also twice in v. 42) refers to a big piece of wood, the main beam of a building, in contrast to the speck in the other’s eye (L&N 7.78).

[9:7]  ⁵ sn Herod refers here to Herod Antipas. See the note on Herod Antipas in 3:1.

[9:7]  ⁶ sn See the note on tetrarch in 3:1.

[9:7]  ⁷ tn Or “was very confused.” See L&N 32.10 where this verse is given as an example of the usage.

[9:7]  ⁸ sn John refers to John the Baptist, whom Herod had beheaded (v. 9).