Luke 7:14-16

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!” 7:15 So ⁶  the dead man ⁷  sat up and began to speak, and Jesus ⁸  gave him back ⁹  to his mother. 7:16 Fear ¹⁰  seized them all, and they began to glorify ¹¹  God, saying, “A great prophet ¹²  has appeared ¹³  among us!” and “God has come to help ¹⁴  his people!”

Luke 7:22

7:22 So ¹⁵  he answered them, ¹⁶  “Go tell ¹⁷  John what you have seen and heard: ¹⁸  The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the ¹⁹  deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

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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.

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of Jesus’ command.

⁷ tn Or “the deceased.”

⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn In the context, the verb δίδωμι (didwmi) has been translated “gave back” rather than simply “gave.”

¹⁰ tn Or “Awe.” Grk “fear,” but the context and the following remark show that it is mixed with wonder; see L&N 53.59. This is a reaction to God’s work; see Luke 5:9.

¹¹ tn This imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

¹² sn That Jesus was a great prophet was a natural conclusion for the crowd to make, given the healing; but Jesus is more than this. See Luke 9:8, 19-20.

¹³ tn Grk “arisen.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “visited,” but this conveys a different impression to a modern reader. L&N 85.11 renders the verb, “to be present, with the implication of concern – ‘to be present to help, to be on hand to aid.’ … ‘God has come to help his people’ Lk 7:16.” The language recalls Luke 1:68, 78.

¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the relationship to Jesus’ miraculous cures in the preceding sentence.

¹⁶ tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation to “he answered them.”

¹⁷ sn The same verb has been translated “inform” in 7:18.

¹⁸ sn What you have seen and heard. The following activities all paraphrase various OT descriptions of the time of promised salvation: Isa 35:5-6; 26:19; 29:18-19; 61:1. Jesus is answering not by acknowledging a title, but by pointing to the nature of his works, thus indicating the nature of the time.

¹⁹ tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.