Luke 7:16

7:16 Fear ¹  seized them all, and they began to glorify ²  God, saying, “A great prophet ³  has appeared ⁴  among us!” and “God has come to help ⁵  his people!”

Luke 17:20

The Coming of the Kingdom

17:20 Now at one point ⁶  the Pharisees ⁷  asked Jesus ⁸  when the kingdom of God ⁹  was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs ¹⁰  to be observed,

Luke 18:43

18:43 And immediately he regained ¹¹  his sight and followed Jesus, ¹²  praising ¹³  God. When ¹⁴  all the people saw it, they too ¹⁵  gave praise to God.

[7:16]  ¹ tn Or “Awe.” Grk “fear,” but the context and the following remark show that it is mixed with wonder; see L&N 53.59. This is a reaction to God’s work; see Luke 5:9.

[7:16]  ² tn This imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[7:16]  ³ sn That Jesus was a great prophet was a natural conclusion for the crowd to make, given the healing; but Jesus is more than this. See Luke 9:8, 19-20.

[7:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “arisen.”

[7:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “visited,” but this conveys a different impression to a modern reader. L&N 85.11 renders the verb, “to be present, with the implication of concern – ‘to be present to help, to be on hand to aid.’ … ‘God has come to help his people’ Lk 7:16.” The language recalls Luke 1:68, 78.

[17:20]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[17:20]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ 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.

[18:43]  ¹¹ tn Or “received” (see the note on the phrase “let me see again” in v. 41).

[18:43]  ¹² tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:43]  ¹³ sn The presence of God’s work leads again to joy, with both the beggar and the people praising God (1:64; 2:20; 5:25-26; 7:16; 13:13; 17:15; 19:37).

[18:43]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[18:43]  ¹⁵ tn The word “too” has been supplied for stylistic reasons.