Luke 9:40

9:40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”

Luke 24:45

24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

tn Grk “And I.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, καί (kai) has not been translated here; instead a new sentence was started in the translation.

sn Note the repetition of the verb from v. 38, an indication of the father’s desperation.

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

tn The words “do so” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied for clarity and stylistic reasons.

sn Luke does not mention specific texts here, but it is likely that many of the scriptures he mentioned elsewhere in Luke-Acts would have been among those he had in mind.