Discovery BoxLuke 3:22 
Context3:22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. 1 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my one dear Son; 2 in you I take great delight.” 3
Luke 9:39
Context9:39 A 4 spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; 5 it throws him into convulsions 6 and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing 7 him severely.
Luke 11:13
Context11:13 If you then, although you are 8 evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit 9 to those who ask him!”
1 tn This phrase is a descriptive comparison. The Spirit is not a dove, but descends like one in some type of bodily representation.
2 tn Grk “my beloved Son,” or “my Son, the beloved [one].” The force of ἀγαπητός (agaphtos) is often “pertaining to one who is the only one of his or her class, but at the same time is particularly loved and cherished” (L&N 58.53; cf. also BDAG 7 s.v. 1).
3 tc Instead of “You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight,” one Greek ms and several Latin
tn Or “with you I am well pleased.”
sn The allusions in the remarks of the text recall Ps 2:7a; Isa 42:1 and either Isa 41:8 or, less likely, Gen 22:12,16. God is marking out Jesus as his chosen one (the meaning of “[in you I take] great delight”), but it may well be that this was a private experience that only Jesus and John saw and heard (cf. John 1:32-33).
4 tn Grk “and behold, a.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, καί (kai) has not been translated here; instead a new sentence was started in the translation. The Greek word ἰδού (idou) at the beginning of this statement has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
5 tn The Greek here is slightly ambiguous; the subject of the verb “screams” could be either the son or the spirit.
6 sn The reaction is like an epileptic fit (see L&N 14.27). See the parallel in Matt 17:14-20.
7 tn Or “bruising,” or “crushing.” This verb appears to allude to the damage caused when it throws him to the ground. According to L&N 19.46 it is difficult to know from this verb precisely what the symptoms caused by the demon were, but it is clear they must have involved severe pain. The multiple details given in the account show how gruesome the condition of the boy was.
8 tn The participle ὑπάρχοντες (Juparconte") has been translated as a concessive participle.
9 sn The provision of the Holy Spirit is probably a reference to the wisdom and guidance supplied in response to repeated requests. Some apply it to the general provision of the Spirit, but this would seem to look only at one request in a context that speaks of repeated asking. The teaching as a whole stresses not that God gives everything his children want, but that God gives the good that they need. The parallel account in Matthew (7:11) refers to good things where Luke mentions the Holy Spirit.
