Luke 9:43

9:43 Then ¹  they were all astonished at the mighty power ²  of God.

Another Prediction of Jesus’ Suffering

But while the entire crowd ³  was amazed at everything Jesus ⁴  was doing, he said to his disciples,

Luke 18:16

18:16 But Jesus called for the children, ⁵  saying, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God ⁶  belongs to such as these. ⁷ 

Luke 20:36

20:36 In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels ⁸  and are sons of God, since they are ⁹  sons ¹⁰  of the resurrection.

[9:43]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the response at the conclusion of the account.

[9:43]  ² sn The revelation of the mighty power of God was the manifestation of God’s power shown through Jesus. See Acts 10:38.

[9:43]  ³ tn Grk “all”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:43]  ⁴ tc Most mss, especially the later ones (A C W Θ Ψ 0115 ˹³ 33 892 Ï al), actually supply ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo Ihsous, “Jesus”) here. Since the earliest and best witnesses, along with many others (Ì⁷⁵ א B D L Ξ Ë¹ 579 700 1241 2542 pc lat), lack the name, and since scribes were unlikely to intentionally omit it, the shorter reading is preferred as the original reading.

[18:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “summoned them”; the referent (the children) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:16]  ⁶ sn 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.

[18:16]  ⁷ sn The kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Children are a picture of those whose simple trust illustrates what faith is all about. The remark illustrates how everyone is important to God, even those whom others regard as insignificant.

[20:36]  ⁹ sn Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition (1 En. 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 2 Bar. 51:10; 1QH 3.21-23).

[20:36]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here.

[20:36]  ¹¹ tn Or “people.” The noun υἱός (Juios) followed by the genitive of class or kind (“sons of…”) denotes a person of a class or kind, specified by the following genitive construction. This Semitic idiom is frequent in the NT (L&N 9.4).