Discovery BoxLuke 1:79 
Context1:79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, 1
to guide our feet into the way 2 of peace.”
Luke 14:32
Context14:32 If he cannot succeed, 3 he will send a representative 4 while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace. 5
Luke 19:42
Context19:42 saying, “If you had only known on this day, 6 even you, the things that make for peace! 7 But now they are hidden 8 from your eyes.
1 sn On the phrases who sit in darkness…and…death see Isa 9:1-2; 42:7; 49:9-10.
2 tn Or “the path.”
3 tn Grk “And if not.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated; “succeed” is implied and has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Grk “a messenger.”
5 sn This image is slightly different from the former one about the tower (vv. 28-30). The first part of the illustration (sit down first and determine) deals with preparation. The second part of the illustration (ask for terms of peace) has to do with recognizing who is stronger. This could well suggest thinking about what refusing the “stronger one” (God) might mean, and thus constitutes a warning. Achieving peace with God, the more powerful king, is the point of the illustration.
6 sn On this day. They had missed the time of Messiah’s coming; see v. 44.
7 tn Grk “the things toward peace.” This expression seems to mean “the things that would ‘lead to,’ ‘bring about,’ or ‘make for’ peace.”
8 sn But now they are hidden from your eyes. This becomes an oracle of doom in the classic OT sense; see Luke 13:31-35; 11:49-51; Jer 9:2; 13:7; 14:7. They are now blind and under judgment (Jer 15:5; Ps 122:6).
