Luke 20:5

20:5 So ¹  they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

Luke 22:67

22:67 and said, “If ²  you are the Christ, ³  tell us.” But he said to them, “If ⁴  I tell you, you will not ⁵  believe,

Luke 24:41

24:41 And while they still could not believe it ⁶  (because of their joy) and were amazed, ⁷  he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” ⁸ 

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¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ question.

² tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.

³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.

⁴ tn This is a third class condition in the Greek text. Jesus had this experience already in 20:1-8.

⁵ tn The negation in the Greek text is the strongest possible (οὐ μή, ou mh).

⁶ sn They still could not believe it. Is this a continued statement of unbelief? Or is it a rhetorical expression of their amazement? They are being moved to faith, so a rhetorical force is more likely here.

⁷ sn Amazement is the common response to unusual activity: 1:63; 2:18; 4:22; 7:9; 8:25; 9:43; 11:14; 20:26.

⁸ sn Do you have anything here to eat? Eating would remove the idea that a phantom was present. Angelic spirits refused a meal in Jdt 13:16 and Tob 12:19, but accepted it in Gen 18:8; 19:3 and Tob 6:6.