Discovery BoxLuke 1:30 
Context1:30 So 1 the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, 2 Mary, for you have found favor 3 with God!
Luke 2:16
Context2:16 So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger. 4
Luke 22:13
Context22:13 So 5 they went and found things 6 just as he had told them, 7 and they prepared the Passover.
Luke 22:45
Context22:45 When 8 he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted 9 from grief.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Gabriel’s statement is a response to Mary’s perplexity over the greeting.
2 sn Do not be afraid. See 1:13 for a similar statement to Zechariah.
3 tn Or “grace.”
sn The expression found favor is a Semitism, common in the OT (Gen 6:8; 18:3; 43:14; 2 Sam 15:25). God has chosen to act on this person’s behalf.
4 tn Or “a feeding trough.”
5 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ instructions.
6 tn The word “things” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
7 sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.
8 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
9 tn Grk “from grief.” The word “exhausted” is not in the Greek text, but is implied; the disciples have fallen asleep from mental and emotional exhaustion resulting from their distress (see L&N 25.273; cf. TEV, NIV, NLT).
