Luke 9:41

Context
9:41 Jesus answered,¹ “You² unbelieving³ and perverse generation! How much longer⁴ must I be with you and endure⁵ you?⁶ Bring your son here.”

Luke 17:20

Context

The Coming of the Kingdom

17:20 Now at one point⁷ the Pharisees⁸ asked Jesus⁹ when the kingdom of God¹⁰ was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs¹¹ to be observed,

[9:41] ¹tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “Jesus answered.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:41] ²tn Grk “O.” The marker of direct address, ὦ (w), is functionally equivalent to a vocative and is represented in the translation by “you.”

[9:41] ³tn Or “faithless.”

[9:41] ⁴tn Grk “how long.”

[9:41] ⁵tn Or “and put up with.” See Num 11:12; Isa 46:4.

[9:41] ⁶sn The pronouns you…you are plural, indicating that Jesus is speaking to a group rather than an individual.

[17:20] ⁷tn The words “at one point” are supplied to indicate that the following incident is not necessarily in chronological sequence with the preceding event.

[17:20] ⁸sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[17:20] ⁹tn Grk “having been asked by the Pharisees.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the direct object, Jesus, has been supplied from the context.

[17:20] ¹⁰sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[17:20] ¹¹tn Or “is not coming in a way that it can be closely watched” (L&N 24.48). Although there are differing interpretations of what this means, it probably refers to the cosmic signs often associated with the kingdom’s coming in the Jewish view (1 En. 91, 93; 2 Bar. 53—74). See D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1412-14, also H. Riesenfeld, TDNT 8:150.