Discovery BoxLuke 4:6 
Context4:6 And he 1 said to him, “To you 2 I will grant this whole realm 3 – and the glory that goes along with it, 4 for it has been relinquished 5 to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.
Luke 8:12
Context8:12 Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil 6 comes and takes away the word 7 from their hearts, so that they may not believe 8 and be saved.
Luke 23:33
Context23:33 So 9 when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” 10 they crucified 11 him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
1 tn Grk “And the devil.”
2 sn In Greek, this phrase is in an emphatic position. In effect, the devil is tempting Jesus by saying, “Look what you can have!”
3 tn Or “authority.” BDAG 353 s.v. ἐξουσία 6 suggests, concerning this passage, that the term means “the sphere in which the power is exercised, domain.” Cf. also Luke 22:53; 23:7; Acts 26:18; Eph 2:2.
4 tn The addendum referring to the glory of the kingdoms of the world forms something of an afterthought, as the following pronoun (“it”) makes clear, for the singular refers to the realm itself.
5 tn For the translation of παραδέδοται (paradedotai) see L&N 57.77. The devil is erroneously implying that God has given him such authority with the additional capability of sharing the honor.
6 sn Interestingly, the synoptic parallels each use a different word for the devil here: Matt 13:19 has “the evil one,” while Mark 4:15 has “Satan.” This illustrates the fluidity of the gospel tradition in often using synonyms at the same point of the parallel tradition.
7 sn The word of Jesus has the potential to save if it germinates in a person’s heart, something the devil is very much against.
8 tn The participle πιστεύσαντες (pisteusante") has been translated as a finite verb here. It may be regarded as an adverbial participle of attendant circumstance. From a logical standpoint the negative must govern both the participle and the finite verb.
9 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the preceding material.
10 sn The place that is called ‘The Skull’ (known as Golgotha in Aramaic, cf. John 19:17) is north and just outside of Jerusalem. The hill on which it is located protruded much like a skull, giving the place its name. The Latin word for Greek κρανίον (kranion) is calvaria, from which the English word “Calvary” derives (cf. Luke 23:33 in the KJV).
