6:7 Jesus 1 called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 2
6:21 But 3 a suitable day 4 came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.
14:22 While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it. This is my body.”
1 tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 sn The phrase unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.
3 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
4 tn Grk “a day of opportunity”; cf. BDAG 407 s.v. εὔκαιρος, “in our lit. only pert. to time than is considered a favorable occasion for some event or circumstance, well-timed, suitable.”
5 tn Grk “out of what abounded to them.”
6 sn The contrast between this passage, 12:41-44, and what has come before in 11:27-12:40 is remarkable. The woman is set in stark contrast to the religious leaders. She was a poor widow, they were rich. She was uneducated in the law, they were well educated in the law. She was a woman, they were men. But whereas they evidenced no faith and actually stole money from God and men (cf. 11:17), she evidenced great faith and gave out of her extreme poverty everything she had.