Luke 2:15

2:15 When 1  the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem 2  and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord 3  has made known to us.”

Luke 11:52

11:52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away 4  the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered 5  those who were going in.”

1 tn Grk “And it happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

3 sn Note how although angels delivered the message, it was the Lord whose message is made known, coming through them.

4 sn You have taken away the key to knowledge is another stinging rebuke. They had done the opposite of what they were trying to do.

5 tn Or “you tried to prevent.”