Luke 4:13
Context4:13 So 1 when the devil 2 had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time. 3
Luke 22:40
Context22:40 When he came to the place, 4 he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 5
Luke 22:46
Context22:46 So 6 he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!” 7
Luke 11:4
Context11:4 and forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins 8 against us.
And do not lead us into temptation.” 9
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate a summary.
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the devil) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Grk “until a favorable time.”
sn Until a more opportune time. Though some have argued that the devil disappears until Luke 22:3, this is unlikely since the cosmic battle with Satan and all the evil angels is consistently mentioned throughout Luke (8:26-39; 11:14-23).
4 sn Luke does not mention Gethsemane by name, but calls it simply the place.
5 sn Jesus’ instructions to pray not to fall into temptation is an allusion to Luke 22:28-38, especially 22:31. The temptation is Satan’s challenge to them to defect, like what happened to Judas and what will happen to Peter.
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus finding them asleep.
7 sn Jesus calls the disciples again to prayerful watchfulness with the words “Get up and pray” (see 22:40). The time is full of danger (22:53).
8 tn Grk “who is indebted to us” (an idiom). The picture of sin as debt is not unusual. As for forgiveness offered and forgiveness given, see 1 Pet 3:7.
9 tc Most
tn Or “into a time of testing.”
sn The request Do not lead us into temptation is not to suggest that God causes temptation, but is a rhetorical way to ask for his protection from sin.