Discovery BoxLuke 4:36 
Context4:36 They 1 were all amazed and began to say 2 to one another, “What’s happening here? 3 For with authority and power 4 he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
Luke 11:26
Context11:26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so 5 the last state of that person 6 is worse than the first.” 7
1 tn Grk “And they.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 tn This imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
3 tn Grk “What is this word?” The Greek term λόγος (logos) has a wide range of meaning. Here it seems to mean, “What is this matter?” More idiomatically it would be, “What’s going on here?!”
4 sn The phrase with authority and power is in an emphatic position in the Greek text. Once again the authority of Jesus is the point, but now it is not just his teaching that is emphasized, but his ministry. Jesus combined word and deed into a powerful testimony in Capernaum.
5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.
6 tn Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.
7 sn The point of the story is that to fail to respond is to risk a worse fate than when one started.
