Discovery BoxLuke 4:9 
Context4:9 Then 1 the devil 2 brought him to Jerusalem, 3 had him stand 4 on the highest point of the temple, 5 and said to him, “If 6 you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,
Luke 4:23
Context4:23 Jesus 7 said to them, “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ 8 and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, 9 do here in your hometown too.’”
Luke 4:36
Context4:36 They 10 were all amazed and began to say 11 to one another, “What’s happening here? 12 For with authority and power 13 he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
Luke 11:32
Context11:32 The people 14 of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them 15 – and now, 16 something greater than Jonah is here!
Luke 12:28
Context12:28 And if 17 this is how God clothes the wild grass, 18 which is here 19 today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, 20 how much more 21 will he clothe you, you people of little faith!
Luke 15:17
Context15:17 But when he came to his senses 22 he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food 23 enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
Luke 16:25-26
Context16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, 24 remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. 25 16:26 Besides all this, 26 a great chasm 27 has been fixed between us, 28 so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’
Luke 19:30
Context19:30 telling them, 29 “Go to the village ahead of you. 30 When 31 you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. 32 Untie it and bring it here.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the devil) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn Grk “and stood him.”
5 sn The reference to the highest point of the temple probably refers to the one point on the temple’s southeast corner where the site looms directly over a cliff some 450 feet (135 m) high. However, some have suggested the reference could be to the temple’s high gate.
6 tn This is another first class condition, as in v. 3.
7 tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
8 sn The proverb Physician, heal yourself! means that Jesus should prove his claims. It is a “Prove it to us!” mentality that Jesus says the people have.
9 sn The remark “What we have heard that you did at Capernaum” makes many suspect that Luke has moved this event forward in sequence to typify what Jesus’ ministry was like, since the ministry in Capernaum follows in vv. 31-44. The location of this event in the parallel of Mark 6:1-6 also suggests this transposition.
map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.
10 tn Grk “And they.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
11 tn This imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
12 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?!”
13 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.
14 tn See the note on the word “people” in v. 31.
15 tn Grk “at the preaching of Jonah.”
sn The phrase repented when Jonah preached to them confirms that in this context the sign of Jonah (v. 30) is his message.
16 tn Grk “behold.”
17 tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.
18 tn Grk “grass in the field.”
19 tn Grk “which is in the field today.”
20 tn Grk “into the oven.” The expanded translation “into the fire to heat the oven” has been used to avoid misunderstanding; most items put into modern ovens are put there to be baked, not burned.
sn The oven was most likely a rounded clay oven used for baking bread, which was heated by burning wood and dried grass.
21 sn The phrase how much more is a typical form of rabbinic argumentation, from the lesser to the greater. If God cares for the little things, surely he will care for the more important things.
22 tn Grk “came to himself” (an idiom).
23 tn Grk “bread,” but used figuratively for food of any kind (L&N 5.1).
24 tn The Greek term here is τέκνον (teknon), which could be understood as a term of endearment.
25 tn Or “in terrible pain” (L&N 24.92). Here is the reversal Jesus mentioned in Luke 6:20-26.
26 tn Grk “And in all these things.” There is no way Lazarus could carry out this request even if divine justice were not involved.
27 sn The great chasm between heaven and hell is impassable forever. The rich man’s former status meant nothing now.
28 tn Grk “between us and you.”
29 tn Grk “saying.”
30 tn Grk “the village lying before [you]” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.a).
31 tn Grk “in which entering.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started here in the translation.
32 tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”
