Discovery BoxLuke 1:41 
Context1:41 When 1 Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped 2 in her 3 womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 4
Luke 1:80
Context1:80 And the child kept growing 5 and becoming strong 6 in spirit, and he was in the wilderness 7 until the day he was revealed 8 to Israel.
Luke 2:25-26
Context2:25 Now 9 there was a man in Jerusalem 10 named Simeon who was righteous 11 and devout, looking for the restoration 12 of Israel, and the Holy Spirit 13 was upon him. 2:26 It 14 had been revealed 15 to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die 16 before 17 he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 18
Luke 4:33
Context4:33 Now 19 in the synagogue 20 there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean 21 demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
Luke 12:10
Context12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit 22 will not be forgiven. 23
Luke 13:11
Context13:11 and a woman was there 24 who had been disabled by a spirit 25 for eighteen years. She 26 was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely. 27
Luke 23:46
Context23:46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” 28 And after he said this he breathed his last.
1 tn Grk “And it happened that.” 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. Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here either.
2 sn When the baby leaped John gave his first testimony about Jesus, a fulfillment of 1:15.
3 tn The antecedent of “her” is Elizabeth.
4 sn The passage makes clear that Elizabeth spoke her commentary with prophetic enablement, filled with the Holy Spirit.
5 tn This verb is imperfect.
6 tn This verb is also imperfect.
7 tn Or “desert.”
8 tn Grk “until the day of his revealing.”
9 tn Grk “And behold.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic. The Greek word ἰδού (idou) at the beginning of this statement has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
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11 tn Grk “This man was righteous.” The Greek text begins a new sentence here, but this was changed to a relative clause in the translation to avoid redundancy.
12 tn Or “deliverance,” “consolation.”
sn The restoration of Israel refers to Simeon’s hope that the Messiah would come and deliver the nation (Isa 40:1; 49:13; 51:3; 57:18; 61:2; 2 Bar 44:7).
13 sn Once again, by mentioning the Holy Spirit, Luke stresses the prophetic enablement of a speaker. The Spirit has fallen on both men (Zechariah, 1:67) and women (Elizabeth, 1:41) in Luke 1–2 as they share the will of the Lord.
14 tn Grk “And it.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
15 tn The use of the passive suggests a revelation by God, and in the OT the corresponding Hebrew term represented here by κεχρηματισμένον (kecrhmatismenon) indicated some form of direct revelation from God (Jer 25:30; 33:2; Job 40:8).
16 tn Grk “would not see death” (an idiom for dying).
17 tn On the grammar of this temporal clause, see BDF §§383.3; 395.
18 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn The revelation to Simeon that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ is yet another example of a promise fulfilled in Luke 1-2. Also, see the note on Christ in 2:11.
19 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a specific example of how Jesus spoke with authority (v. 32).
20 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:15.
21 tn Grk “having an unclean, demonic spirit,” that is, an evil spirit. This is the only place Luke uses this lengthy phrase. Normally he simply says an “unclean spirit.”
22 sn Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit probably refers to a total rejection of the testimony that the Spirit gives to Jesus and the plan of God. This is not so much a sin of the moment as of one’s entire life, an obstinate rejection of God’s message and testimony. Cf. Matt 12:31-32 and Mark 3:28-30.
23 tn Grk “it will not be forgiven the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit.”
24 tn Grk “and behold, a woman.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) at the beginning of this statement has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
25 tn Grk “a woman having a spirit of weakness” (or “a spirit of infirmity”).
26 tn Grk “years, and.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
27 tn Or “and could not straighten herself up at all.” If εἰς τὸ παντελές (ei" to pantele") is understood to modify δυναμένη (dunamenh), the meaning is “she was not able at all to straighten herself up”; but the phrase may be taken with ἀνακύψαι (anakuyai) and understood to mean the same as the adverb παντελῶς (pantelws), with the meaning “she was not able to straighten herself up completely.” See BDAG 754 s.v. παντελής 1 for further discussion. The second option is preferred in the translation because of proximity: The phrase in question follows ἀνακύψαι in the Greek text.
28 sn A quotation from Ps 31:5. It is a psalm of trust. The righteous, innocent sufferer trusts in God. Luke does not have the cry of pain from Ps 22:1 (cf. Matt 27:46; Mark 15:34), but notes Jesus’ trust instead.
