Luke 8:27

8:27 As ¹  Jesus ²  stepped ashore, ³  a certain man from the town ⁴  met him who was possessed by demons. ⁵  For a long time this man ⁶  had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among ⁷  the tombs.

Luke 14:10

14:10 But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host ⁸  approaches he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ ⁹  Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

Luke 17:8

17:8 Won’t ¹⁰  the master ¹¹  instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready ¹²  to serve me while ¹³  I eat and drink. Then ¹⁴  you may eat and drink’?

Luke 18:13

18:13 The tax collector, however, stood ¹⁵  far off and would not even look up ¹⁶  to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful ¹⁷  to me, sinner that I am!’ ¹⁸ 

Luke 20:21

20:21 Thus ¹⁹  they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, ²⁰  and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ²¹ 

Luke 22:53

22:53 Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, ²²  you did not arrest me. ²³  But this is your hour, ²⁴  and that of the power ²⁵  of darkness!”

[8:27]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:27]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:27]  ³ tn Grk “stepped out on land.”

[8:27]  ⁴ tn Or “city.”

[8:27]  ⁵ tn Grk “who had demons.”

[8:27]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the demon-possessed man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:27]  ⁷ tn Or “in.”

[14:10]  ⁸ tn Grk “the one who invited you.”

[14:10]  ⁹ tn Grk “Go up higher.” This means to move to a more important place.

[17:8]  ¹⁵ tn The question includes a Greek particle, οὐχί (ouci), that expects a positive reply. The slave is expected to prepare a meal before eating himself.

[17:8]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:8]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “and gird yourself” (with an apron or towel, in preparation for service).

[17:8]  ¹⁸ tn BDAG 423 s.v. ἕως 2.b, “to denote contemporaneousness as long as, while… w. subjunctive… Lk 17:8.”

[17:8]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “after these things.”

[18:13]  ²² tn Grk “standing”; the Greek participle has been translated as a finite verb.

[18:13]  ²³ tn Grk “even lift up his eyes” (an idiom).

[18:13]  ²⁴ tn The prayer is a humble call for forgiveness. The term for mercy (ἱλάσκομαι, Jilaskomai) is associated with the concept of a request for atonement (BDAG 473-74 s.v. 1; Ps 51:1, 3; 25:11; 34:6, 18).

[18:13]  ²⁵ tn Grk “the sinner.” The tax collector views himself not just as any sinner but as the worst of all sinners. See ExSyn 222-23.

[20:21]  ²⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the plans by the spies.

[20:21]  ³⁰ tn Or “precisely”; Grk “rightly.” Jesus teaches exactly, the straight and narrow.

[20:21]  ³¹ sn Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Very few comments are as deceitful as this one; they did not really believe this at all. The question was specifically designed to trap Jesus.

[22:53]  ³⁶ tn Grk “in the temple.”

[22:53]  ³⁷ tn Grk “lay hands on me.”

[22:53]  ³⁸ tn Or “your time.”

[22:53]  ³⁹ tn Or “authority,” “domain.”