Luke 8:31

8:31 And they began to beg ¹  him not to order ²  them to depart into the abyss. ³ 

Luke 19:32

19:32 So those who were sent ahead found ⁴  it exactly ⁵  as he had told them.

Luke 22:13

22:13 So ⁶  they went and found things ⁷  just as he had told them, ⁸  and they prepared the Passover.

[8:31]  ¹ tn One could also translate the imperfect tense here with a repetitive force like “begged him repeatedly.”

[8:31]  ² tn Or “command.”

[8:31]  ³ tn This word, ἄβυσσος (abusso"), is a term for the place where the dead await the judgment. It also could hold hostile spirits according to Jewish belief (Jub. 5:6-7; 1 En. 10:4-6; 18:11-16).

[19:32]  ⁴ tn Grk “sent ahead and went and found.”

[19:32]  ⁵ sn Exactly as he had told them. Nothing in Luke 19-23 catches Jesus by surprise. Often he directs the action.

[22:13]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ instructions.

[22:13]  ⁸ tn The word “things” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[22:13]  ⁹ sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.