Discovery Box| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 12:11) |
1 sn The saying looks at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to the rulers and the authorities suggests. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 12:11) |
1 sn See the note on synagogues in one%27s&tab=notes" ver="">4:15. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 13:15) |
3 sn The charge here is hypocrisy, but it is only part one of the response. Various ancient laws detail what was allowed with cattle; see Mishnah, m. Shabbat 5; CD one%27s&tab=notes" ver="">11:5-6. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 13:18) |
4 sn What is the kingdom of God like? Unlike Mark 4 or Matt 13, where the kingdom parables tend to be all in one location in the narrative, Luke scatters his examples throughout the Gospel. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 14:3) |
2 tn Grk “Jesus, answering, said.” This is redundant in contemporary English. In addition, since the context does not describe a previous question to Jesus (although one may well be implied), the phrase has been translated here as “Jesus asked.” |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 14:11) |
2 sn The point of the statement the one who humbles himself will be exalted is humility and the reversal imagery used to underline it is common: Luke 1:52-53; 6:21; 10:15; 18:14. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 14:30) |
2 sn The phrase this man is often used in Luke in a derogatory sense; see “this one” and expressions like it in Luke 5:21; 7:39; 13:32; 23:4, 14, 22, 35. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 15:20) |
4 tn Grk “he fell on his neck,” an idiom for showing special affection for someone by throwing one’s arms around them. The picture is of the father hanging on the son’s neck in welcome. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 16:1) |
2 tn These are not formal legal charges, but reports from friends, acquaintances, etc.; Grk “A certain man was rich who had a manager, and this one was reported to him as wasting his property.” |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 16:14) |
2 tn A figurative extension of the literal meaning “to turn one’s nose up at someone”; here “ridicule, sneer at, show contempt for” (L&N 33.409). |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 17:20) |
3 tn 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. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 18:1) |
4 sn This is one of the few parables that comes with an explanation at the start: …they should always pray and not lose heart. It is part of Luke’s goal in encouraging Theophilus (one%27s&tab=notes" ver="">1:4). |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 18:14) |
1 sn The prayer that was heard and honored was the one given with humility; in a surprising reversal it was the tax collector who went down to his home justified. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 19:2) |
2 sn This is the one place in the NT the office of chief tax collector is noted. He would organize the other tax collectors and collect healthy commissions (see also the note on the word tax collector in one%27s&tab=notes" ver="">3:12). |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 20:21) |
3 sn Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Very few comments are as deceitful as this one; they did not really believe this at all. The question was specifically designed to trap Jesus. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 20:22) |
2 tn This was a “poll tax.” L&N 57.182 states this was “a payment made by the people of one nation to another, with the implication that this is a symbol of submission and dependence – ‘tribute tax.’” |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 21:6) |
1 sn With the statement days will come when not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 21:12) |
1 sn But before all this. Another note of timing is present, this one especially important in understanding the sequence in the discourse. Before the things noted in vv. one%27s&tab=notes" ver="">8-11 are the events of vv. one%27s&tab=notes" ver="">12-19. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 22:1) |
1 sn The Feast of Unleavened Bread was a week long celebration that followed the day of Passover, so one name was used for both feasts (Exod 12:1-20; 23:15; 34:18; Deut 16:1-8). |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 22:5) |
2 sn The leaders were delighted when Judas contacted them about betraying Jesus, because it gave them the opportunity they had been looking for, and they could later claim that Jesus had been betrayed by one of his own disciples. |
| (0.46074659615385) | (Luk 22:27) |
3 sn Jesus’ example of humble service, as one who serves, shows that the standard for a disciple is different from that of the world. For an example see John 13:1-17. |
