Discovery BoxLuke 3:18 
Context3:18 And in this way, 1 with many other exhortations, John 2 proclaimed good news to the people.
Luke 4:37
Context4:37 So 3 the news 4 about him spread into all areas of the region. 5
Luke 9:6
Context9:6 Then 6 they departed and went throughout 7 the villages, proclaiming the good news 8 and healing people everywhere.
1 tn On construction μὲν οὖν καί (men oun kai), see BDF §451.1.
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate resultative nature of the action.
4 tn That is, “information concerning a person or an event – ‘report, news, word, information’” (L&N 33.211).
5 sn Given Luke 4:31, the phrase the region is a reference to Galilee.
6 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
7 tn This is a distributive use of κατά (kata); see L&N 83:12 where this verse is cited as an example of the usage.
8 tn Or “preaching the gospel.”
sn This verse is similar to Luke 9:2, except for good news at this point. The change means that to “preach the kingdom” is to “preach the good news.” The ideas are interchangeable as summaries for the disciples’ message. They are combined in Luke 8:1.
