Luke 5:9

5:9 For 1  Peter 2  and all who were with him were astonished 3  at the catch of fish that they had taken,

Luke 5:35

5:35 But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, 4  at that time 5  they will fast.”

Luke 9:51

Rejection in Samaria

9:51 Now when 6  the days drew near 7  for him to be taken up, 8  Jesus 9  set out resolutely 10  to go to Jerusalem. 11 

Luke 10:42

10:42 but one thing 12  is needed. Mary has chosen the best 13  part; it will not be taken away from her.”

1 sn An explanatory conjunction (For) makes it clear that Peter’s exclamation is the result of a surprising set of events. He speaks, but the others feel similarly.

2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 sn In the Greek text, this term is in an emphatic position.

4 sn The statement when the bridegroom is taken from them is a veiled allusion by Jesus to his death, which he did not make explicit until the incident at Caesarea Philippi in 9:18ff.

5 tn Grk “then in those days.”

6 tn Grk “And it happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

7 tn Grk “the days were being fulfilled.” There is literary design here. This starts what has been called in the Gospel of Luke the “Jerusalem Journey.” It is not a straight-line trip, but a journey to meet his fate (Luke 13:31-35).

8 sn Taken up is a reference to Jesus’ upcoming return to heaven by crucifixion and resurrection (compare Luke 9:31). This term was used in the LXX of Elijah’s departure in 2 Kgs 2:9.

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

10 tn Grk “he set his face,” a Semitic idiom that speaks of a firm, unshakable resolve to do something (Gen 31:21; Isa 50:7).

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

12 tc Or, with some mss (Ì3 [א] B C2 L 070vid Ë1 33 [579] pc), “few things are needed – or only one” (as well as other variants). The textual problem here is a difficult one to decide. The shorter reading is normally preferred, but it is not altogether clear how the variants would arise from it. However, the reading followed in the translation has good support (with some internal variations) from a number of witnesses (Ì45,75 A C* W Θ Ψ Ë13 Ï lat sa).

13 tn Or “better”; Grk “good.” This is an instance of the positive adjective used in place of the superlative adjective. According to ExSyn 298, this could also be treated as a positive for comparative (“better”).