Discovery BoxLuke 11:7 
Context11:7 Then 1 he will reply 2 from inside, ‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. 3 I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 4
Luke 21:21
Context21:21 Then those who are in Judea must flee 5 to the mountains. Those 6 who are inside the city must depart. Those 7 who are out in the country must not enter it,
1 tn Κἀκεῖνος (kakeino") has been translated “Then he.”
2 tn Grk “answering, he will say.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “he will reply.”
3 tn Grk “my children are with me in the bed.” In Jewish homes in the time of Jesus, the beds were often all together in one room; thus the householder may be speaking of individual beds (using a collective singular) rather than a common bed.
4 tn The syntax of vv. 6-7 is complex. In the Greek text Jesus’ words in v. 6 begin as a question. Some see Jesus’ question ending at v. 6, but the reply starting in v. 8 favors extending the question through the entire illustration. The translation breaks up the long sentence at the beginning of v. 7 and translates Jesus’ words as a statement for reasons of English style.
5 sn Fleeing to the mountains is a key OT image: Gen 19:17; Judg 6:2; Isa 15:5; Jer 16:16; Zech 14:5.
6 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
7 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
