Discovery BoxLuke 1:17 
Context1:17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord 1 in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, 2 to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”
Luke 5:17
Context5:17 Now on 3 one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees 4 and teachers of the law 5 sitting nearby (who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), 6 and the power of the Lord was with him 7 to heal.
Luke 6:17
Context6:17 Then 8 he came down with them and stood on a level place. 9 And a large number 10 of his disciples had gathered 11 along with 12 a vast multitude from all over Judea, from 13 Jerusalem, 14 and from the seacoast of Tyre 15 and Sidon. 16 They came to hear him and to be healed 17 of their diseases,
Luke 8:29
Context8:29 For Jesus 18 had started commanding 19 the evil 20 spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so 21 he would be bound with chains and shackles 22 and kept under guard. But 23 he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted 24 places.) 25
Luke 10:40
Context10:40 But Martha was distracted 26 with all the preparations she had to make, 27 so 28 she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care 29 that my sister has left me to do all the work 30 alone? Tell 31 her to help me.”
Luke 12:58
Context12:58 As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, 32 make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, 33 and the officer throw you into prison.
Luke 13:25
Context13:25 Once 34 the head of the house 35 gets up 36 and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, 37 let us in!’ 38 But he will answer you, 39 ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ 40
Luke 14:12
Context14:12 He 41 said also to the man 42 who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, 43 don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.
Luke 19:22
Context19:22 The king 44 said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, 45 you wicked slave! 46 So you knew, did you, that I was a severe 47 man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?
1 tn Grk “before him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 sn These two lines cover all relationships: Turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children points to horizontal relationships, while (turn) the disobedient to the wisdom of the just shows what God gives from above in a vertical manner.
3 tn Grk “And it happened that on.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
4 sn Pharisees were members of one of the most important and influential religious and political parties of Judaism in the time of Jesus. There were more Pharisees than Sadducees (according to Josephus, Ant. 17.2.4 [17.42] there were more than 6,000 Pharisees at about this time). Pharisees differed with Sadducees on certain doctrines and patterns of behavior. The Pharisees were strict and zealous adherents to the laws of the OT and to numerous additional traditions such as angels and bodily resurrection.
5 tn That is, those who were skilled in the teaching and interpretation of the OT law. These are called “experts in the law” (Grk “scribes”) in v. 21.
6 sn Jesus was now attracting attention outside of Galilee as far away as Jerusalem, the main city of Israel.
map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
7 tc Most
8 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
9 tn Or “on a plateau.” This could refer to a message given in a flat locale or in a flat locale in the midst of a more mountainous region (Jer 21:13; Isa 13:2). It is quite possible that this sermon is a summary version of the better known Sermon on the Mount from Matt 5-7.
10 tn Grk “large crowd.”
11 tn There is no verb in Greek at this point, but since “a large crowd” (see preceding tn) is in the nominative case, one needs to be supplied.
12 tn Grk “and.”
13 tn Grk “and from,” 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.
14 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
15 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
16 sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions.
map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
17 sn To hear him and to be healed. Jesus had a two-level ministry: The word and then wondrous acts of service that showed his message of God’s care were real.
18 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
19 tc ‡ Although the external evidence favors the aorist παρήγγειλεν (parhngeilen, “he commanded”; Ì75 B Θ Ξ Ψ Ë13 579 700 1241 1424 2542 pm), the internal evidence favors the imperfect παρήγγελλεν (parhngellen, here translated “he had started commanding”; א A C K L W Γ Δ 1 33 565 892 pm). The aorist is suspect because it can more easily be taken as a single command, and thus an immediate exorcism. The imperfect would most likely be ingressive (BDF §§328; 329; 331), suggesting that Jesus started to command the evil spirit to depart, and continued the command.
20 tn Grk “unclean.”
21 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so,” introducing a clause that gives the result of the man being seized by the demon.
22 tn Or “fetters”; these were chains for the feet.
23 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
24 tn Grk “into the deserts.” The plural use here has been translated as “deserted places,” that is, uninhabited areas.
25 sn This is a parenthetical, explanatory comment by the author.
26 sn The term distracted means “to be pulled away” by something (L&N 25.238). It is a narrative comment that makes clear who is right in the account.
27 tn Grk “with much serving.”
28 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that the following was a result of Martha’s distraction.
29 tn The negative οὐ (ou) used with the verb expects a positive reply. Martha expected Jesus to respond and rebuke Mary.
30 tn Grk “has left me to serve alone.”
31 tn The conjunction οὖν (oun, “then, therefore”) has not been translated here.
32 sn The term magistrate (ἄρχων, arcwn) refers to an official who, under the authority of the government, serves as judge in legal cases (see L&N 56.29).
33 sn The officer (πράκτωρ, praktwr) was a civil official who functioned like a bailiff and was in charge of debtor’s prison. The use of the term, however, does not automatically demand a Hellenistic setting (BDAG 859 s.v.; K. H. Rengstorf, TDNT 8:539; C. Maurer, TDNT 6:642).
34 tn The syntactical relationship between vv. 24-25 is disputed. The question turns on whether v. 25 is connected to v. 24 or not. A lack of a clear connective makes an independent idea more likely. However, one must then determine what the beginning of the sentence connects to. Though it makes for slightly awkward English, the translation has opted to connect it to “he will answer” so that this functions, in effect, as an apodosis. One could end the sentence after “us” and begin a new sentence with “He will answer” to make simpler sentences, although the connection between the two sentences is thereby less clear. The point of the passage, however, is clear. Once the door is shut, because one failed to come in through the narrow way, it is closed permanently. The moral: Do not be too late in deciding to respond.
35 tn Or “the master of the household.”
36 tn Or “rises,” or “stands up.”
37 tn Or “Sir.”
38 tn Grk “Open to us.”
39 tn Grk “and answering, he will say to you.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “he will answer you.”
40 sn For the imagery behind the statement “I do not know where you come from,” see Ps 138:6; Isa 63:16; Jer 1:5; Hos 5:3.
41 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
42 sn That is, the leader of the Pharisees (v. 1).
43 tn The meaning of the two terms for meals here, ἄριστον (ariston) and δεῖπνον (deipnon), essentially overlap (L&N 23.22). Translators usually try to find two terms for a meal to use as equivalents (e.g., lunch and dinner, dinner and supper, etc.). In this translation “dinner” and “banquet” have been used, since the expected presence of rich neighbors later in the verse suggests a rather more elaborate occasion than an ordinary meal.
44 tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
45 tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).
46 tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”
47 tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”
