Discovery BoxLuke 1:51 
Context1:51 He has demonstrated power 1 with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance 2 of their hearts.
Luke 24:49
Context24:49 And look, I am sending you 3 what my Father promised. 4 But stay in the city 5 until you have been clothed with power 6 from on high.”
1 tn Or “shown strength,” “performed powerful deeds.” The verbs here switch to aorist tense through 1:55. This is how God will act in general for his people as they look to his ultimate deliverance.
2 tn Grk “in the imaginations of their hearts.” The psalm rebukes the arrogance of the proud, who think that power is their sovereign right. Here διανοίᾳ (dianoia) can be understood as a dative of sphere or reference/respect.
3 tn Grk “sending on you.”
4 tn Grk “the promise of my Father,” with τοῦ πατρός (tou patros) translated as a subjective genitive. This is a reference to the Holy Spirit and looks back to how one could see Messiah had come with the promise of old (Luke 3:15-18). The promise is rooted in Jer 31:31 and Ezek 36:26.
5 sn The city refers to Jerusalem.
6 sn Until you have been clothed with power refers to the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. What the Spirit supplies is enablement. See Luke 12:11-12; 21:12-15. The difference the Spirit makes can be seen in Peter (compare Luke 22:54-62 with Acts 2:14-41).
