Luke 2:20

2:20 So ¹  the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising ²  God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told. ³ 

Luke 2:39

2:39 So ⁴  when Joseph and Mary ⁵  had performed ⁶  everything according to the law of the Lord, ⁷  they returned to Galilee, to their own town ⁸  of Nazareth. ⁹ 

Luke 4:1

The Temptation of Jesus

4:1 Then ¹⁰  Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River ¹¹  and was led by the Spirit ¹²  in ¹³  the wilderness, ¹⁴ 

Luke 9:10

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

9:10 When ¹⁵  the apostles returned, ¹⁶  they told Jesus ¹⁷  everything they had done. Then ¹⁸  he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town ¹⁹  called Bethsaida. ²⁰ 

Luke 15:27

15:27 The slave replied, ²¹  ‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf ²²  because he got his son ²³  back safe and sound.’

Luke 19:23

19:23 Why then didn’t you put ²⁴  my money in the bank, ²⁵  so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

Luke 23:48

23:48 And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. ²⁶ 

Luke 24:33

24:33 So ²⁷  they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. ²⁸  They ²⁹  found the eleven and those with them gathered together

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.

² sn The mention of glorifying and praising God is the second note of praise in this section; see Luke 2:13-14.

³ tn Grk “just as [it] had been spoken to them.” This has been simplified in the English translation by making the prepositional phrase (“to them”) the subject of the passive verb.

sn The closing remark just as they had been told notes a major theme of Luke 1-2 as he sought to reassure Theophilus: God does what he says he will do.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.

⁵ tn Grk “when they”; the referents (Joseph and Mary) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Or “completed.”

⁷ sn On the phrase the law of the Lord see Luke 2:22-23.

⁸ tn Or “city.”

⁹ map For location see Map1-D3; Map2-C2; Map3-D5; Map4-C1; Map5-G3.

¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate continuity with the previous topic.

¹¹ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

¹² sn The double mention of the Spirit in this verse makes it clear that the temptation was neither the fault of Jesus nor an accident.

¹³ tc Most mss (A Θ Ξ Ψ 0102 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat) read εἰς τὴν ἔρημον (ei" thn erhmon, “into the wilderness”), apparently motivated by the parallel in Matt 4:1. However, the reading behind the translation (ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, en th ejrhmw) is found in overall better witnesses (Ì^4vid,7,75vid א B D L W 579 892 1241 pc it).

¹⁴ tn Or “desert.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁶ tn The participle ὑποστρέψαντες (Jupostreyante") has been taken temporally.

¹⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁹ tc There is a seeming myriad of variants for this text. Many mss read εἰς τόπον ἔρημον (ei" topon erhmon, “to a deserted place”; א*^,2 [1241]) or εἰς τόπον ἔρημον πόλεως καλουμένης Βηθσαϊδά (ei" topon erhmon polew" kaloumenh" Bhqsai>da, “to a deserted place of a town called Bethsaida”; [A] C W Ξ^mg [Ë^1,13] [565] Ï) here, while others have εἰς κώμην λεγομένην Βηδσαϊδά (ei" kwmhn legomenhn Bhdsai>da, “to a village called Bedsaida”; D), εἰς κώμην καλουμένην Βηθσαϊδά εἰς τόπον ἔρημον (ei" kwmhn kaloumenhn Bhqsai>da ei" topon erhmon, “to a village called Bethsaida to a deserted place”; Θ), or εἰς τόπον καλουμένον Βηθσαϊδά (ei" topon kaloumenon Bhqsaida, “to a place called Bethsaida”; Ψ). The Greek behind the translation (εἰς πόλιν καλουμένην Βηθσαϊδά, ei" polin kaloumenhn Bhqsai>da) is supported by (Ì⁷⁵) א¹ B L Ξ* 33 2542 pc co. The variants can be grouped generally into those that speak of a “deserted place” and those that speak of a place/city/town called Bethsaida. The Byzantine reading is evidently a conflation of the earlier texts, and should be dismissed as secondary. The variants that speak of a deserted place are an assimilation to Mark 6:32, as well a harmonization with v. 12, and should also be regarded as secondary. The reading that best explains the rise of the others – both internally and externally – is the one that stands behind the translation and is found in the text of NA²⁷.

tn Or “city.”

²⁰ sn Bethsaida was a town on the northeast side of the Sea of Galilee. Probably this should be understood to mean a place in the vicinity of the town. It represents an attempt to reconcile the location with the place of the miraculous feeding that follows.

²¹ tn Grk “And he said to him.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated. The rest of the phrase has been simplified to “the slave replied,” with the referent (the slave) specified in the translation for clarity.

²² tn See note on the phrase “fattened calf” in v. 23.

²³ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the younger son) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁴ tn That is, “If you really feared me why did you not do a minimum to get what I asked for?”

²⁵ tn Grk “on the table”; the idiom refers to a place where money is kept or managed, or credit is established, thus “bank” (L&N 57.215).

²⁶ sn Some apparently regretted what had taken place. Beating their breasts was a sign of lamentation.

²⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the Lord’s appearance to them.

²⁸ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.