¹ tn Grk “And.” Here (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.

² tn Grk “her”; the referent (Elizabeth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn As is typical with Luke the timing is approximate (about three months), not specific.

⁴ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁵ sn The return to Jerusalem would have taken a second day, since they were already one day’s journey away.

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the summarization at the end of the account.

⁷ tc Most mss, especially later ones (A C [D] Θ Ψ Ë¹³ 33 Ï), have “the sick slave” here instead of “the slave.” This brings out the contrast of the healing more clearly, but this reading looks secondary both internally (scribes tended toward clarification) and externally (the shorter reading is well supported by a variety of witnesses: Ì⁷⁵ א B L W ˹ 579 700 892* 1241 2542 it co).

⁸ tn This is a temporal infinitival clause in contrast to Mark’s genitive absolute (Mark 5:21).

sn Here the author notes that Jesus returned to the western shore of the Sea of Galilee after his brief excursion into Gentile territory (8:26-39; cf. also Mark 5:21).

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of Jesus’ ascension and the concluding summary of Luke’s Gospel.

¹⁰ tc The reference to worship is lacking in the Western ms D, its last major omission in this Gospel.

¹¹ sn Joy is another key theme for Luke: 1:14; 2:10; 8:13; 10:17; 15:7, 10; 24:41.