Luke 7:20-23

7:20 When ¹  the men came to Jesus, ²  they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, ³  ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?’” ⁴  7:21 At that very time ⁵  Jesus ⁶  cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, ⁷  and evil spirits, and granted ⁸  sight to many who were blind. 7:22 So ⁹  he answered them, ¹⁰  “Go tell ¹¹  John what you have seen and heard: ¹²  The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the ¹³  deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them. 7:23 Blessed is anyone ¹⁴  who takes no offense at me.”

[7:20]  ¹ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[7:20]  ² tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:20]  ³ tn Grk “to you, saying,” but since this takes the form of a question, it is preferable to use the phrase “to ask” in English.

[7:20]  ⁴ tn This question is repeated word for word from v. 19.

[7:21]  ⁵ tn Grk “In that hour.”

[7:21]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:21]  ⁷ tn Grk “and sicknesses,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[7:21]  ⁸ tn Or “and bestowed (sight) on.”

[7:22]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the relationship to Jesus’ miraculous cures in the preceding sentence.

[7:22]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation to “he answered them.”

[7:22]  ¹¹ sn The same verb has been translated “inform” in 7:18.

[7:22]  ¹² sn What you have seen and heard. The following activities all paraphrase various OT descriptions of the time of promised salvation: Isa 35:5-6; 26:19; 29:18-19; 61:1. Jesus is answering not by acknowledging a title, but by pointing to the nature of his works, thus indicating the nature of the time.

[7:22]  ¹³ tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[7:23]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “whoever.”