Luke 8:51

8:51 Now when he came to the house, Jesus ¹  did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, ²  and James, and the child’s father and mother.

Luke 9:18

Peter’s Confession

9:18 Once ³  when Jesus ⁴  was praying ⁵  by himself, and his disciples were nearby, he asked them, ⁶  “Who do the crowds say that I am?” ⁷ 

Luke 12:5

12:5 But I will warn ⁸  you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, ⁹  has authority to throw you ¹⁰  into hell. ¹¹  Yes, I tell you, fear him!

[8:51]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:51]  ² tn Grk “and John,” 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.

[9:18]  ³ tn Grk “And it happened that.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:18]  ⁵ sn Prayer is a favorite theme of Luke and he is the only one of the gospel authors to mention it in the following texts (with the exception of 22:41): Luke 3:21; 5:16; 6:12; 9:28-29; 11:1; 22:41; 23:34, 46.

[9:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “the disciples were with him, and he asked them, saying.”

[9:18]  ⁷ sn “Who do the crowds say that I am?” The question of who Jesus is occurs frequently in this section of Luke: 7:49; 8:25; 9:9. The answer resolves a major theme of Luke’s Gospel.

[12:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “will show,” but in this reflective context such a demonstration is a warning or exhortation.

[12:5]  ⁶ sn The actual performer of the killing is not here specified. It could be understood to be God (so NASB, NRSV) but it could simply emphasize that, after a killing has taken place, it is God who casts the person into hell.

[12:5]  ⁷ tn The direct object (“you”) is understood.

[12:5]  ⁸ sn The word translated hell is “Gehenna” (γέεννα, geenna), a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew words ge hinnom (“Valley of Hinnom”). This was the valley along the south side of Jerusalem. In OT times it was used for human sacrifices to the pagan god Molech (cf. Jer 7:31; 19:5-6; 32:35), and it came to be used as a place where human excrement and rubbish were disposed of and burned. In the intertestamental period, it came to be used symbolically as the place of divine punishment (cf. 1 En. 27:2, 90:26; 4 Ezra 7:36).