Luke 6:22

6:22 “Blessed are you when people ¹  hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil ²  on account of the Son of Man!

Luke 19:22

19:22 The king ³  said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, ⁴  you wicked slave! ⁵  So you knew, did you, that I was a severe ⁶  man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

Luke 23:14

23:14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading ⁷  the people. When I examined him before you, I ⁸  did not find this man guilty ⁹  of anything you accused him of doing.

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¹ tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.

² tn Or “disdain you”; Grk “cast out your name as evil.” The word “name” is used here as a figure of speech to refer to the person as a whole.

sn The phrase when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil alludes to a person being ostracized and socially isolated because of association with the Son of Man, Jesus.

³ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).

⁵ tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”

⁶ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

⁷ tn This term also appears in v. 2.

⁸ tn Grk “behold, I” A transitional use of ἰδού (idou) has not been translated here.

⁹ tn Grk “nothing did I find in this man by way of cause.” The reference to “nothing” is emphatic.