Luke 1:21

1:21 Now ¹  the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder ²  why he was delayed in the holy place. ³ 

Luke 1:25

1:25 “This is what ⁴  the Lord has done for me at the time ⁵  when he has been gracious to me, ⁶  to take away my disgrace ⁷  among people.” ⁸ 

Luke 1:27

1:27 to a virgin engaged ⁹  to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, ¹⁰  and the virgin’s name was Mary.

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¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

² tn The imperfect verb ἐθαύμαζον (eqaumazon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

³ tn Or “temple.” See the note on the phrase “the holy place” in v. 9.

⁴ tn Grk “Thus.”

⁵ tn Grk “in the days.”

⁶ tn Grk “has looked on me” (an idiom for taking favorable notice of someone).

⁷ sn Barrenness was often seen as a reproach or disgrace (Lev 20:20-21; Jer 22:30), but now at her late age (the exact age is never given in Luke’s account), God had miraculously removed it (see also Luke 1:7).

⁸ tn Grk “among men”; but the context clearly indicates a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") here.

⁹ tn Or “promised in marriage.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “Joseph, of the house of David.”

sn The Greek word order here favors connecting Davidic descent to Joseph, not Mary, in this remark.