Luke 8:37

8:37 Then ¹  all the people of the Gerasenes ²  and the surrounding region ³  asked Jesus ⁴  to leave them alone, ⁵  for they were seized with great fear. ⁶  So ⁷  he got into the boat and left. ⁸ 

Luke 8:39

8:39 “Return to your home, ⁹  and declare ¹⁰  what God has done for you.” ¹¹  So ¹²  he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town ¹³  what Jesus ¹⁴  had done for him.

Luke 11:24

Response to Jesus’ Work

11:24 “When an unclean spirit ¹⁵  goes out of a person, ¹⁶  it passes through waterless places ¹⁷  looking for rest but ¹⁸  not finding any. Then ¹⁹  it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ ²⁰ 

Luke 16:26

16:26 Besides all this, ²¹  a great chasm ²²  has been fixed between us, ²³  so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’

Luke 20:46

20:46 “Beware ²⁴  of the experts in the law. ²⁵  They ²⁶  like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings ²⁷  in the marketplaces and the best seats ²⁸  in the synagogues ²⁹  and the places of honor at banquets.

Luke 21:21

21:21 Then those who are in Judea must flee ³⁰  to the mountains. Those ³¹  who are inside the city must depart. Those ³²  who are out in the country must not enter it,

[8:37]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:37]  ² tc See the tc note on “Gerasenes” in v. 26 for the same geographical options for the textual variants.

[8:37]  ³ tn Grk “all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes,” but according to L&N 1.80, “περίχωρος may include not only the surrounding region but also the point of reference, for example…‘the Gerasenes and the people living around them’ Lk 8:37.”

[8:37]  ⁴ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:37]  ⁵ tn Or “to depart from them.”

[8:37]  ⁶ sn Again there is great fear at God’s activity, but there is a different reaction. Some people want nothing to do with God’s presence. Mark 5:16 hints that economic reasons motivated their request.

[8:37]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ departure was the result of the Gerasenes’ response. A new sentence was started in the translation at this point for stylistic reasons.

[8:37]  ⁸ tn Grk “returned,” but the effect is that he departed from the Gerasene region.

[8:39]  ⁹ tn Grk “your house.”

[8:39]  ¹⁰ tn Or “describe.”

[8:39]  ¹¹ sn Jesus instructs the man to declare what God has done for him, in contrast to the usual instructions (e.g., 8:56; 9:21) to remain silent. Here in Gentile territory Jesus allowed more open discussion of his ministry. D. L. Bock (Luke [BECNT], 1:781) suggests that with few Jewish religious representatives present, there would be less danger of misunderstanding Jesus’ ministry as political.

[8:39]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the man’s response to Jesus’ instructions.

[8:39]  ¹³ tn Or “city.”

[8:39]  ¹⁴ sn Note that the man could not separate what God had done from the one through whom God had done it (what Jesus had done for him). This man was called to witness to God’s goodness at home.

[11:24]  ¹⁷ sn This is a reference to an evil spirit. See Luke 4:33.

[11:24]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.

[11:24]  ¹⁹ sn The background for the reference to waterless places is not entirely clear, though some Jewish texts suggest spirits must have a place to dwell, but not with water (Luke 8:29-31; Tob 8:3). Some suggest that the image of the desert or deserted cities as the places demons dwell is where this idea started (Isa 13:21; 34:14).

[11:24]  ²⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[11:24]  ²¹ tc ‡ Most mss, including a few early and important ones (Ì⁴⁵ א* A C D W Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï lat), lack τότε (tote, “then”). Other mss, including some early and important ones (Ì⁷⁵ א² B L Θ Ξ 070 33 579 892 1241 pc co), have the adverb. Although the external evidence better supports the longer reading, the internal evidence is on the side of the shorter, for conjunctions and adverbs were frequently added by copyists to remove asyndeton and to add clarification. The shorter reading is thus preferred. The translation, however, adds “Then” because of English stylistic requirements. NA²⁷ has τότε in brackets indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[11:24]  ²² tn Grk “I will return to my house from which I came.”

[16:26]  ²⁵ tn Grk “And in all these things.” There is no way Lazarus could carry out this request even if divine justice were not involved.

[16:26]  ²⁶ sn The great chasm between heaven and hell is impassable forever. The rich man’s former status meant nothing now.

[16:26]  ²⁷ tn Grk “between us and you.”

[20:46]  ³³ tn Or “Be on guard against.” This is a present imperative and indicates that pride is something to constantly be on the watch against.

[20:46]  ³⁴ tn Or “of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[20:46]  ³⁵ tn Grk “who,” continuing the sentence begun by the prior phrase.

[20:46]  ³⁶ sn There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1642; H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.

[20:46]  ³⁷ sn See Luke 14:1-14.

[20:46]  ³⁸ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

[21:21]  ⁴¹ sn Fleeing to the mountains is a key OT image: Gen 19:17; Judg 6:2; Isa 15:5; Jer 16:16; Zech 14:5.

[21:21]  ⁴² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:21]  ⁴³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.