Discovery BoxLuke 6:29 
Context6:29 To the person who strikes you on the cheek, 1 offer the other as well, 2 and from the person who takes away your coat, 3 do not withhold your tunic 4 either. 5
Luke 8:13-15
Context8:13 Those 6 on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, 7 but 8 in a time of testing 9 fall away. 10 8:14 As for the seed that 11 fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but 12 as they go on their way they are choked 13 by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, 14 and their fruit does not mature. 15 8:15 But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing 16 the word, cling to it 17 with an honest and good 18 heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance. 19
Luke 9:43
Context9:43 Then 20 they were all astonished at the mighty power 21 of God.
But while the entire crowd 22 was amazed at everything Jesus 23 was doing, he said to his disciples,
Luke 10:20
Context10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that 24 the spirits submit to you, but rejoice 25 that your names stand written 26 in heaven.”
Luke 18:9
Context18:9 Jesus 27 also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down 28 on everyone else.
Luke 24:46
Context24:46 and said to them, “Thus it stands written that the Christ 29 would suffer 30 and would rise from the dead on the third day,
1 sn The phrase strikes you on the cheek probably pictures public rejection, like the act that indicated expulsion from the synagogue.
2 sn This command to offer the other cheek as well is often misunderstood. It means that there is risk involved in reaching out to people with God’s hope. But if one is struck down in rejection, the disciple is to continue reaching out.
3 tn Or “cloak.”
4 tn See the note on the word “tunics” in 3:11.
5 sn The command do not withhold your tunic either is again an image of continually being totally at risk as one tries to keep contact with those who are hostile to what Jesus and his disciples offer.
6 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
7 sn This time of temporary faith represented by the description believe for a while is presented rather tragically in the passage. The seed does not get a chance to do all it can.
8 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
9 tn Traditionally, “temptation.” Such a translation puts the emphasis on temptation to sin rather than testing of faith, which is what the context seems to indicate.
10 sn Fall away. On the idea of falling away and the warnings against it, see 2 Tim 3:1; Heb 3:12; Jer 3:14; Dan 9:9.
11 tn Grk “What”; the referent (the seed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
13 sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.
14 sn On warnings about the dangers of excessive material attachments, described here as the worries and riches and pleasures of life, see Luke 12:12-21; 16:19-31.
15 tn The verb τελεσφορέω (telesforew) means “to produce mature or ripe fruit” (L&N 23.203). Once again the seed does not reach its goal.
16 tn The aorist participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally, reflecting action antecedent (prior to) that of the main verb.
17 sn There is a tenacity that is a part of spiritual fruitfulness.
18 sn In an ancient context, the qualifier good described the ethical person who possessed integrity. Here it is integrity concerning God’s revelation through Jesus.
19 sn Given the pressures noted in the previous soils, bearing fruit takes time (steadfast endurance), just as it does for the farmer. See Jas 1:2-4.
20 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the response at the conclusion of the account.
21 sn The revelation of the mighty power of God was the manifestation of God’s power shown through Jesus. See Acts 10:38.
22 tn Grk “all”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
23 tc Most
tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Some
24 tn Grk “do not rejoice in this, that.” This is awkward in contemporary English and has been simplified to “do not rejoice that.”
25 tn The verb here is a present imperative, so the call is to an attitude of rejoicing.
26 tn The verb here, a perfect tense, stresses a present reality of that which was a completed action, that is, their names were etched in the heavenly stone, as it were.
27 tn Grk “He”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
28 tn Grk “and despised.” This is a second parable with an explanatory introduction.
29 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
30 tn Three Greek infinitives are the key to this summary: (1) to suffer, (2) to rise, and (3) to be preached. The Christ (Messiah) would be slain, would be raised, and a message about repentance would go out into all the world as a result. All of this was recorded in the scripture. The remark shows the continuity between Jesus’ ministry, the scripture, and what disciples would be doing as they declared the Lord risen.
