Luke 9:42

9:42 As ¹  the boy ²  was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground ³  and shook him with convulsions. ⁴  But Jesus rebuked ⁵  the unclean ⁶  spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Luke 12:53

12:53 They will be divided, ⁷  father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

Luke 15:29

15:29 but he answered ⁸  his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave ⁹  for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet ¹⁰  you never gave me even a goat ¹¹  so that I could celebrate with my friends!

[9:42]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:42]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (the boy) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:42]  ³ sn At this point the boy was thrown down in another convulsion by the demon. See L&N 23.168.

[9:42]  ⁴ tn See L&N 23.167-68, where the second verb συσπαράσσω (susparassw) is taken to mean the violent shaking associated with the convulsions, thus the translation here “and shook him with convulsions.”

[9:42]  ⁵ tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).

[9:42]  ⁶ sn This is a reference to an evil spirit. See Luke 4:33.

[12:53]  ⁷ tn There is dispute whether this phrase belongs to the end of v. 52 or begins v. 53. Given the shift of object, a connection to v. 53 is slightly preferred.

[15:29]  ¹³ tn Grk “but answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “but he answered.”

[15:29]  ¹⁴ tn Or simply, “have served,” but in the emotional context of the older son’s outburst the translation given is closer to the point.

[15:29]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to bring out the contrast indicated by the context.

[15:29]  ¹⁶ sn You never gave me even a goat. The older son’s complaint was that the generous treatment of the younger son was not fair: “I can’t get even a little celebration with a basic food staple like a goat!”