Luke 7:14

7:14 Then 1  he came up 2  and touched 3  the bier, 4  and those who carried it stood still. He 5  said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”

1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

2 tn Grk “coming up, he touched.” The participle προσελθών (proselqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

3 sn The act of having touched the bier would have rendered Jesus ceremonially unclean, but it did not matter to him, since he was expressing his personal concern (Num 19:11, 16).

4 sn Although sometimes translated “coffin,” the bier was actually a stretcher or wooden plank on which the corpse was transported to the place of burial. See L&N 6.109.

5 tn Grk “And he.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.