Luke 13:26

13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ¹ 

Luke 21:28

21:28 But when these things ²  begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption ³  is drawing near.”

Luke 23:30

23:30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ⁴  ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ ⁵ 

Luke 14:29

14:29 Otherwise, ⁶  when he has laid ⁷  a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, ⁸  all who see it ⁹  will begin to make fun of ¹⁰  him.

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¹ sn This term refers to wide streets, and thus suggests the major streets of a city.

² sn These things are all the events of vv. 8-27. Disciples represent the righteous here. The events surrounding the fall of the nation are a down payment on a fuller judgment to come on all humanity. The presence of one guarantees the other.

³ sn With Jesus’ return comes the manifestation of judgment and final salvation (redemption).

⁴ sn The figure of crying out to the mountains ‘Fall on us!’ (appealing to creation itself to hide them from God’s wrath), means that a time will come when people will feel they are better off dead (Hos 10:8).

⁵ sn An allusion to Hos 10:8 (cf. Rev 6:16).

⁶ tn Grk “to complete it, lest.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation and ἵνα μήποτε ({ina mhpote, “lest”) has been translated as “Otherwise.”

⁷ tn The participle θέντος (qentos) has been taken temporally.

⁸ tn The words “the tower” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

⁹ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

¹⁰ tn Or “mock,” “ridicule.” The person who did not plan ahead becomes an object of joking and ridicule.