Luke 9:44

9:44 “Take these words to heart, ¹  for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.” ² 

Luke 12:8

12:8 “I ³  tell you, whoever acknowledges ⁴  me before men, ⁵  the Son of Man will also acknowledge ⁶  before God’s angels.

Luke 17:12

17:12 As ⁷  he was entering ⁸  a village, ten men with leprosy ⁹  met him. They ¹⁰  stood at a distance,

Luke 18:10

18:10 “Two men went up ¹¹  to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee ¹²  and the other a tax collector. ¹³ 

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¹ tn Grk “Place these words into your ears,” an idiom. The meaning is either “do not forget these words” (L&N 29.5) or “Listen carefully to these words” (L&N 24.64). See also Exod 17:14. For a variation of this expression, see Luke 8:8.

² tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is considered by some to be used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NRSV, “into human hands”; TEV, “to the power of human beings”). However, because this can be taken as a specific reference to the group responsible for Jesus’ arrest, where it is unlikely women were present (cf. Matt 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12), the word “men” has been retained in the translation. There may also be a slight wordplay with “the Son of Man” earlier in the verse.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁴ tn Or “confesses.”

⁵ tn Although this is a generic reference and includes both males and females, in this context “men” has been retained because of the wordplay with the Son of Man and the contrast with the angels. The same is true of the occurrence of “men” in v. 9.

⁶ sn This acknowledgment will take place at the judgment. Of course, the Son of Man is a reference to Jesus as it has been throughout the Gospel. On Jesus and judgment, see 22:69; Acts 10:42-43; 17:31.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁸ tn The participle εἰσερχομένου (eisercomenou) is taken temporally.

⁹ sn The ten men with leprosy would have been unable to approach Jesus (Lev 13:45-46; Num 5:2-3). The ancient term for leprosy covered a wider array of conditions than what is called leprosy today. A leper was totally ostracized from society until he was declared cured (Lev 13:45-46).

¹⁰ tn Grk “leprosy, who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun was replaced with a personal pronoun and a new sentence started at this point in the translation.

¹¹ sn The temple is on a hill in Jerusalem, so one would go up to enter its precincts.

¹² sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

¹³ sn See the note on tax collectors in 3:12.