Discovery BoxLuke 1:40 
Context1:40 and entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.
Luke 7:39
Context7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, 1 he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, 2 he would know who and what kind of woman 3 this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
Luke 18:26
Context18:26 Those who heard this said, “Then 4 who can be saved?” 5
Luke 20:4
Context20:4 John’s baptism 6 – was it from heaven or from people?” 7
1 tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
2 tn This is a good example of a second class (contrary to fact) Greek conditional sentence. The Pharisee said, in effect, “If this man were a prophet (but he is not)…”
3 sn The Pharisees believed in a form of separationism that would have prevented them from any kind of association with such a sinful woman.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of thought.
5 sn The assumption is that the rich are blessed, so if they risk exclusion, who is left to be saved?
6 sn John, like Jesus, was not a part of the official rabbinic order. So the question “John’s baptism – was it from heaven or from men?” draws an analogy between John the Baptist and Jesus. See Luke 3:1-20; 7:24-27. The phrase John’s baptism refers to the baptism practiced by John.
7 tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is used here (and in v. 6) in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NAB, NRSV, “of human origin”; TEV, “from human beings”; NLT, “merely human”).
sn The question is whether John’s ministry was of divine or human origin.
