Luke 4:29

4:29 They got up, forced ¹  him out of the town, ²  and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that ³  they could throw him down the cliff. ⁴ 

Luke 7:12

7:12 As he approached the town gate, a man ⁵  who had died was being carried out, ⁶  the only son of his mother (who ⁷  was a widow ⁸ ), and a large crowd from the town ⁹  was with her.

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¹ tn Grk “cast.”

² tn Or “city.”

³ tn The Greek conjunction ὥστε (Jwste) here indicates their purpose.

⁴ sn The attempt to throw him down the cliff looks like “lynch law,” but it may really be an indication that Jesus was regarded as a false prophet who was worthy of death (Deut 13:5). Such a sentence meant being thrown into a pit and then stoned.

⁵ tn Grk “behold.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

⁶ tn That is, carried out for burial. This was a funeral procession.

⁷ tn Grk “and she.” The clause introduced by καί (kai) has been translated as a relative clause for the sake of English style.

⁸ sn The description of the woman as a widow would mean that she was now socially alone and without protection in 1st century Jewish culture.

⁹ tn Or “city.”