Luke 4:21

4:21 Then 1  he began to tell them, “Today 2  this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.” 3 

Luke 19:9

19:9 Then 4  Jesus said to him, “Today salvation 5  has come to this household, 6  because he too is a son of Abraham! 7 

Luke 23:43

23:43 And Jesus 8  said to him, “I tell you the truth, 9  today 10  you will be with me in paradise.” 11 

1 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

2 sn See the note on today in 2:11.

3 tn Grk “in your hearing.”

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

5 sn This is one of the few uses of the specific term salvation in Luke (1:69, 71, 77), though the concept runs throughout the Gospel.

6 sn The household is not a reference to the building, but to the people who lived within it (L&N 10.8).

7 sn Zacchaeus was personally affirmed by Jesus as a descendant (son) of Abraham and a member of God’s family.

8 tn Grk “he.”

9 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

10 sn Jesus gives more than the criminal asked for, because the blessing will come today, not in the future. He will be among the righteous. See the note on today in 2:11.

11 sn In the NT, paradise is mentioned three times. Here it refers to the abode of the righteous dead. In Rev 2:7 it refers to the restoration of Edenic paradise predicted in Isa 51:3 and Ezek 36:35. In 2 Cor 12:4 it probably refers to the “third heaven” (2 Cor 12:2) as the place where God dwells.