Discovery BoxLuke 2:48 
Context2:48 When 1 his parents 2 saw him, they were overwhelmed. His 3 mother said to him, “Child, 4 why have you treated 5 us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.” 6
Luke 7:22
Context7:22 So 7 he answered them, 8 “Go tell 9 John what you have seen and heard: 10 The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the 11 deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.
Luke 12:3
Context12:3 So then 12 whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered 13 in private rooms 14 will be proclaimed from the housetops. 15
Luke 17:10
Context17:10 So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; 16 we have only done what was our duty.’” 17
Luke 18:22
Context18:22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have 18 and give the money 19 to the poor, 20 and you will have treasure 21 in heaven. Then 22 come, follow me.”
1 tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 tn Grk “when they”; the referent (his parents) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Grk “And his.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
4 tn The Greek word here is τέκνον (teknon) rather than υἱός (Juios, “son”).
5 tn Or “Child, why did you do this to us?”
6 tn Or “your father and I have been terribly worried looking for you.”
7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the relationship to Jesus’ miraculous cures in the preceding sentence.
8 tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” This is redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation to “he answered them.”
9 sn The same verb has been translated “inform” in 7:18.
10 sn What you have seen and heard. The following activities all paraphrase various OT descriptions of the time of promised salvation: Isa 35:5-6; 26:19; 29:18-19; 61:1. Jesus is answering not by acknowledging a title, but by pointing to the nature of his works, thus indicating the nature of the time.
11 tn Grk “and the,” but 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.
12 tn Or “because.” Understanding this verse as a result of v. 2 is a slightly better reading of the context. Knowing what is coming should impact our behavior now.
13 tn Grk “spoken in the ear,” an idiom. The contemporary expression is “whispered.”
14 sn The term translated private rooms refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).
15 tn The expression “proclaimed from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century Jewish houses in Judea and Galilee were flat and had access either from outside or from within the house. Something shouted from atop a house would be heard by everyone in the street below.
16 tn Some translations describe the slaves as “worthless” (NRSV) or “unworthy” (NASB, NIV) but that is not Jesus’ point. These disciples have not done anything deserving special commendation or praise (L&N 33.361), but only what would normally be expected of a slave in such a situation (thus the translation “we have only done what was our duty”).
17 tn Or “we have only done what we were supposed to do.”
18 sn See Luke 14:33.
19 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.
20 sn See Luke 1:50-53; 6:20-23; 14:12-14.
21 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.
22 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the conversation.
