Discovery BoxLuke 2:38 
Context2:38 At that moment, 1 she came up to them 2 and began to give thanks to God and to speak 3 about the child 4 to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. 5
Luke 4:6
Context4:6 And he 6 said to him, “To you 7 I will grant this whole realm 8 – and the glory that goes along with it, 9 for it has been relinquished 10 to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.
Luke 6:38
Context6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, 11 will be poured 12 into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.” 13
Luke 9:13
Context9:13 But he said to them, “You 14 give them something to eat.” They 15 replied, 16 “We have no more than five loaves and two fish – unless 17 we go 18 and buy food 19 for all these people.”
Luke 11:7
Context11:7 Then 20 he will reply 21 from inside, ‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. 22 I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 23
Luke 11:42
Context11:42 “But woe to you Pharisees! 24 You give a tenth 25 of your mint, 26 rue, 27 and every herb, yet you neglect justice 28 and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others. 29
Luke 12:33
Context12:33 Sell your possessions 30 and give to the poor. 31 Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out – a treasure in heaven 32 that never decreases, 33 where no thief approaches and no moth 34 destroys.
Luke 12:42
Context12:42 The Lord replied, 35 “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, 36 whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, 37 to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?
Luke 14:9
Context14:9 So 38 the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, 39 you will begin to move to the least important 40 place.
Luke 18:22
Context18:22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have 41 and give the money 42 to the poor, 43 and you will have treasure 44 in heaven. Then 45 come, follow me.”
Luke 19:8
Context19:8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give 46 to the poor, and if 47 I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”
Luke 20:10
Context20:10 When harvest time came, he sent a slave 48 to the tenants so that they would give 49 him his portion of the crop. 50 However, the tenants beat his slave 51 and sent him away empty-handed.
1 tn Grk “at that very hour.”
2 tn Grk “And coming up.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. The participle ἐπιστᾶσα (epistasa) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
3 tn The imperfect ἐλάλει (elalei) here looks at a process of declaration, not a single moment. She clearly was led by God to address men and women about the hope Jesus was. The testimony of Luke 1—2 to Jesus has involved all types of people.
4 tn Grk “him”; the referent (the child) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tc A few
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6 tn Grk “And the devil.”
7 sn In Greek, this phrase is in an emphatic position. In effect, the devil is tempting Jesus by saying, “Look what you can have!”
8 tn Or “authority.” BDAG 353 s.v. ἐξουσία 6 suggests, concerning this passage, that the term means “the sphere in which the power is exercised, domain.” Cf. also Luke 22:53; 23:7; Acts 26:18; Eph 2:2.
9 tn The addendum referring to the glory of the kingdoms of the world forms something of an afterthought, as the following pronoun (“it”) makes clear, for the singular refers to the realm itself.
10 tn For the translation of παραδέδοται (paradedotai) see L&N 57.77. The devil is erroneously implying that God has given him such authority with the additional capability of sharing the honor.
11 sn The background to the image pressed down, shaken together, running over is pouring out grain for measure in the marketplace. One often poured the grain into a container, shook it to level out the grain and then poured in some more. Those who are generous have generosity running over for them.
12 tn Grk “they will give”; that is, “pour.” The third person plural has been replaced by the passive in the translation.
13 tn Grk “by [the measure] with which you measure it will be measured back to you.”
14 tn Here the pronoun ὑμεῖς (Jumeis) is used, making “you” in the translation emphatic.
15 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
16 tn Grk “said.”
17 tn This possibility is introduced through a conditional clause, but it is expressed with some skepticism (BDF §376).
18 tn The participle πορευθέντες (poreuqente") has been taken as indicating attendant circumstance.
19 sn Not only would going and buying food have been expensive and awkward at this late time of day, it would have taken quite a logistical effort to get the food back out to this isolated location.
20 tn Κἀκεῖνος (kakeino") has been translated “Then he.”
21 tn Grk “answering, he will say.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “he will reply.”
22 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.
23 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.
24 tn Grk “Woe to you…because you…” The causal particle ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated here for rhetorical effect (and so to the end of this chapter).
25 tn Or “you tithe mint.”
26 sn These small herbs were tithed with great care (Mishnah, m. Demai 2:1).
27 tn Grk “and rue.” Καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
sn Rue was an evergreen herb used for seasoning.
28 sn Justice was a major theme of OT ethics (Mic 6:8; Zech 7:8-10).
29 tn Grk “those”; but this has been translated as “the others” to clarify which are meant.
30 sn The call to sell your possessions is a call to a lack of attachment to the earth and a generosity as a result.
31 tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today.
32 tn Grk “in the heavens.”
33 tn Or “an unfailing treasure in heaven,” or “an inexhaustible treasure in heaven.”
34 tn The term σής (shs) refers to moths in general. It is specifically the larvae of moths that destroy clothing by eating holes in it (L&N 4.49; BDAG 922 s.v.). See Jas 5:2, which mentions “moth-eaten” clothing.
35 tn Grk “And the Lord said.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
36 tn Or “administrator,” “steward” (L&N 37.39).
37 tn This term, θεραπεία (qerapeia), describes the group of servants working in a particular household (L&N 46.6).
38 tn Grk “host, and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate this action is a result of the situation described in the previous verse. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
39 tn Or “then in disgrace”; Grk “with shame.” In this culture avoiding shame was important.
40 tn Grk “lowest place” (also in the repetition of the phrase in the next verse).
41 sn See Luke 14:33.
42 tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
43 sn See Luke 1:50-53; 6:20-23; 14:12-14.
44 sn The call for sacrifice comes with a promise of eternal reward: …you will have treasure in heaven. Jesus’ call is a test to see how responsive the man is to God’s direction through him. Will he walk the path God’s agent calls him to walk? For a rich person who got it right, see Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10.
45 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the conversation.
46 sn Zacchaeus was a penitent man who resolved on the spot to act differently in the face of Jesus’ acceptance of him. In resolving to give half his possessions to the poor, Zacchaeus was not defending himself against the crowd’s charges and claiming to be righteous. Rather as a result of this meeting with Jesus, he was a changed individual. So Jesus could speak of salvation coming that day (v. 9) and of the lost being saved (v. 10).
47 tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text. It virtually confesses fraud.
48 sn This slave (along with the next two) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected.
49 tc Instead of the future indicative δώσουσιν (dwsousin, “they will give”), most witnesses (C D W Θ Ψ Ë1 Ï) have the aorist subjunctive δῶσιν (dwsin, “they might give”). The aorist subjunctive is expected following ἵνα ({ina, “so that”), so it is almost surely a motivated reading. Further, early and excellent witnesses, as well as a few others (א A B Ë13 33 579 1241 2542 al), have δώσουσιν. It is thus more likely that the future indicative is authentic. For a discussion of this construction, see BDF §369.2.
50 tn Grk “from the fruit of the vineyard.”
51 tn Grk “him”; the referent (the slave sent by the owner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
sn The image of the tenants beating up the owner’s slave pictures the nation’s rejection of the prophets and their message.
