Luke 2:4
Context2:4 So 1 Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth 2 in Galilee to Judea, to the city 3 of David called Bethlehem, 4 because he was of the house 5 and family line 6 of David.
Luke 9:10
Context9:10 When 7 the apostles returned, 8 they told Jesus 9 everything they had done. Then 10 he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town 11 called Bethsaida. 12
Luke 19:29
Context19:29 Now 13 when he approached Bethphage 14 and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, 15 he sent two of the disciples,
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the consequential nature of the action.
2 sn On Nazareth see Luke 1:26.
map For location see Map1 D3; Map2 C2; Map3 D5; Map4 C1; Map5 G3.
3 tn Or “town.” The translation “city” is used here because of its collocation with “of David,” suggesting its importance, though not its size.
4 sn The journey from Nazareth to the city of David called Bethlehem was a journey of about 90 mi (150 km). Bethlehem was a small village located about 7 miles south-southwest of Jerusalem.
map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
5 sn Luke’s use of the term “house” probably alludes to the original promise made to David outlined in the Nathan oracle of 2 Sam 7:12-16, especially in light of earlier connections between Jesus and David made in Luke 1:32. Further, the mention of Bethlehem reminds one of the promise of Mic 5:2, namely, that a great king would emerge from Bethlehem to rule over God’s people.
6 tn Or “family,” “lineage.”
7 tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
8 tn The participle ὑποστρέψαντες (Jupostreyante") has been taken temporally.
9 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
11 tc There is a seeming myriad of variants for this text. Many
tn Or “city.”
12 sn Bethsaida was a town on the northeast side of the Sea of Galilee. Probably this should be understood to mean a place in the vicinity of the town. It represents an attempt to reconcile the location with the place of the miraculous feeding that follows.
13 tn Grk “And it happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
14 sn The exact location of the village of Bethphage is not known. Most locate it on the southeast side of the Mount of Olives and northwest of Bethany, about 1.5 miles (3 km) east of Jerusalem.
15 tn Grk “at the mountain called ‘of Olives.’” This form of reference is awkward in contemporary English, so the more familiar “Mount of Olives” has been used in the translation.
sn “Mountain” in English generally denotes a higher elevation than it often does in reference to places in Palestine. The Mount of Olives is really a ridge running north to south about 1.8 mi (3 km) long, east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley. Its central elevation is about 100 ft (30 m) higher than Jerusalem. It was named for the large number of olive trees which grew on it.