Discovery Box| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 4:19) |
2 sn A quotation from Isa 61:1-2a. Within the citation is a line from Isa 58:6, with its reference to setting the oppressed free. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 5:27) |
4 sn It is possible that Levi is a second name for Matthew, because people often used alternative names in 1st century Jewish culture. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 6:30) |
3 sn Do not ask for your possessions back… is an example of showing forgiveness. Paul’s remarks in 1 Cor 6:7 may reflect this principle. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 7:12) |
4 sn The description of the woman as a widow would mean that she was now socially alone and without protection in 1st century Jewish culture. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 7:32) |
3 tn The verb ἐθρηνήσαμεν (eqrhnhsamen) refers to the loud wailing and lamenting used to mourn the dead in public in 1st century Jewish culture. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 8:15) |
4 sn Given the pressures noted in the previous soils, bearing fruit takes time (steadfast endurance), just as it does for the farmer. See Jas 1:2-4. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 8:21) |
3 sn Hearing and doing the word of God is another important NT theme: Luke 6:47-49; Jas 1:22-25. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 9:29) |
4 tn Or “became bright as a flash of lightning” (cf. BDAG 346 s.v. ἐξαστράπτω); or “became brilliant as light” (cf. BDAG 593 s.v. λευκός 1). |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 9:36) |
3 sn Although the disciples told no one at the time, later they did recount this. The commentary on this scene is 2 Pet 1:17-18. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 10:3) |
2 sn On the imagery of lambs see Isa 40:11, Ezek 34:11-31, and John 10:1-18. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 11:30) |
1 tn Grk “to the Ninevites.” What the Ninevites experienced was Jonah’s message (Jonah 3:4, 10; 4:1). |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 11:45) |
2 tn For this term, see Matt 22;6; Luke 18:32; Acts 14:5; 1 Thess 2:2. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 12:39) |
1 sn On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 12:52) |
1 sn From now on is a popular phrase in Luke: 1:48; 5:10; 22:18, 69; see Mic 7:6. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 13:6) |
3 sn The fig tree is a variation on the picture of a vine as representing the nation; see Isa 5:1-7. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 13:16) |
4 tn The word “long” reflects the emphasis added in the Greek text by ἰδού (idou). See BDAG 468 s.v. 1. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 15:21) |
2 sn The phrase against heaven is a circumlocution for God. 1st century Judaism tended to minimize use of the divine name out of reverence. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 17:14) |
3 sn These are the instructions of what to do with a healing (Lev 13:19; 14:1-11; Luke 5:14). |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 19:9) |
2 sn This is one of the few uses of the specific term salvation in Luke (1:69, 71, 77), though the concept runs throughout the Gospel. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Luk 19:10) |
1 sn The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost is Jesus’ mission succinctly defined. See Luke 15:1-32. |
