Discovery BoxLuke 1:65 
Context1:65 All 1 their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.
Luke 14:23
Context14:23 So 2 the master said to his 3 slave, ‘Go out to the highways 4 and country roads 5 and urge 6 people 7 to come in, so that my house will be filled. 8
Luke 15:14-15
Context15:14 Then 9 after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need. 15:15 So he went and worked for 10 one of the citizens of that country, who 11 sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 12
1 tn Grk “And all.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
sn Fear is the emotion that comes when one recognizes something unusual, even supernatural, has taken place.
2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the master’s response to the slave’s report.
3 tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
4 sn Go out to the highways and country roads. This suggests the inclusion of people outside the town, even beyond the needy (poor, crippled, blind, and lame) in the town, and so is an allusion to the inclusion of the Gentiles.
5 tn The Greek word φραγμός (fragmo") refers to a fence, wall, or hedge surrounding a vineyard (BDAG 1064 s.v. 1). “Highways” and “country roads” probably refer not to separate places, but to the situation outside the town where the rural roads run right alongside the hedges or fences surrounding the fields (cf. J. A. Fitzmyer, Luke [AB], 1057).
6 tn Traditionally “force” or “compel,” but according to BDAG 60 s.v. ἀναγκάζω 2 this is a weakened nuance: “strongly urge/invite.” The meaning in this context is more like “persuade.”
7 tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
8 sn So that my house will be filled. God will bless many people.
9 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the sequence of events in the parable. Greek style often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” but English style generally does not.
10 tn Grk “joined himself to” (in this case an idiom for beginning to work for someone).
11 tn Grk “and he.” Here the conjunction καί (kai) and the personal pronoun have been translated by a relative pronoun to improve the English style.
12 sn To a Jew, being sent to the field to feed pigs would be an insult, since pigs were considered unclean animals (Lev 11:7).
