Luke 6:7

6:7 The experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees ²  watched ³  Jesus ⁴  closely to see if ⁵  he would heal on the Sabbath, ⁶  so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

Luke 19:30

19:30 telling them, ⁷  “Go to the village ahead of you. ⁸  When ⁹  you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ¹⁰  Untie it and bring it here.

Luke 23:14

23:14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading ¹¹  the people. When I examined him before you, I ¹²  did not find this man guilty ¹³  of anything you accused him of doing.

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¹ tn Or “The scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

² sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

³ 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.

⁴ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text; Jesus’ opponents anticipated he would do this.

⁶ 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).

⁷ tn Grk “saying.”

⁸ tn Grk “the village lying before [you]” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.a).

⁹ tn Grk “in which entering.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰ tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”

¹¹ tn This term also appears in v. 2.

¹² tn Grk “behold, I” A transitional use of ἰδού (idou) has not been translated here.

¹³ tn Grk “nothing did I find in this man by way of cause.” The reference to “nothing” is emphatic.