Luke 6:49

6:49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice ¹  is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When ²  the river burst against that house, ³  it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!” ⁴ 

Luke 8:29

8:29 For Jesus ⁵  had started commanding ⁶  the evil ⁷  spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so ⁸  he would be bound with chains and shackles ⁹  and kept under guard. But ¹⁰  he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted ¹¹  places.) ¹² 

Luke 9:12

9:12 Now the day began to draw to a close, ¹³  so ¹⁴  the twelve came and said to Jesus, ¹⁵  “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging ¹⁶  and food, because we are in an isolated place.” ¹⁷ 

Luke 12:58

12:58 As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, ¹⁸  make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, ¹⁹  and the officer throw you into prison.

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¹ tn Grk “does not do [them].”

² tn Grk “against which”; because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative clause was converted to a temporal clause in the translation and a new sentence started here.

³ tn Grk “it”; the referent (that house) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “and its crash was great.”

sn The extra phrase at the end of this description (and was utterly destroyed) portrays the great disappointment that the destruction of the house caused as it crashed and was swept away.

⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tc ‡ Although the external evidence favors the aorist παρήγγειλεν (parhngeilen, “he commanded”; Ì⁷⁵ B Θ Ξ Ψ Ë¹³ 579 700 1241 1424 2542 pm), the internal evidence favors the imperfect παρήγγελλεν (parhngellen, here translated “he had started commanding”; א A C K L W Γ Δ 1 33 565 892 pm). The aorist is suspect because it can more easily be taken as a single command, and thus an immediate exorcism. The imperfect would most likely be ingressive (BDF §§328; 329; 331), suggesting that Jesus started to command the evil spirit to depart, and continued the command.

⁷ tn Grk “unclean.”

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so,” introducing a clause that gives the result of the man being seized by the demon.

⁹ tn Or “fetters”; these were chains for the feet.

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

¹¹ tn Grk “into the deserts.” The plural use here has been translated as “deserted places,” that is, uninhabited areas.

¹² sn This is a parenthetical, explanatory comment by the author.

¹³ tn Grk “the day began to decline,” looking to the approach of sunset.

¹⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that the disciples’ request was related to the approach of sunset.

¹⁵ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn That is, find someone to show them hospitality. L&N 34.61 has “find lodging,” using this verse as an example.

¹⁷ tn Or “in a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation). Here ὧδε (Jwde) has not been translated.

¹⁸ sn The term magistrate (ἄρχων, arcwn) refers to an official who, under the authority of the government, serves as judge in legal cases (see L&N 56.29).

¹⁹ sn The officer (πράκτωρ, praktwr) was a civil official who functioned like a bailiff and was in charge of debtor’s prison. The use of the term, however, does not automatically demand a Hellenistic setting (BDAG 859 s.v.; K. H. Rengstorf, TDNT 8:539; C. Maurer, TDNT 6:642).