Luke 4:23

4:23 Jesus 1  said to them, “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ 2  and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, 3  do here in your hometown too.’”

Luke 6:7

6:7 The experts in the law 4  and the Pharisees 5  watched 6  Jesus 7  closely to see if 8  he would heal on the Sabbath, 9  so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

1 tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

2 sn The proverb Physician, heal yourself! means that Jesus should prove his claims. It is a “Prove it to us!” mentality that Jesus says the people have.

3 sn The remark “What we have heard that you did at Capernaum” makes many suspect that Luke has moved this event forward in sequence to typify what Jesus’ ministry was like, since the ministry in Capernaum follows in vv. 31-44. The location of this event in the parallel of Mark 6:1-6 also suggests this transposition.

map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-C3; Map3-B2.

4 tn Or “The scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

5 sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

6 sn The term translated watched…closely is emotive, since it carries negative connotations. It means they were watching him out of the corner of their eye or spying on him.

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

8 tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text; Jesus’ opponents anticipated he would do this.

9 sn The background for this is the view that only if life was endangered should one attempt to heal on the Sabbath (see the Mishnah, m. Shabbat 6.3; 12.1; 18.3; 19.2; m. Yoma 8.6).