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Luke 6:46

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6:46 “Why 1  do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ 2  and don’t do what I tell you? 3 

Luke 18:41

Context
18:41 “What do you want me to do for you?” He replied, 4  “Lord, let me see again.” 5 

1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

2 tn The double use of the vocative is normally used in situations of high emotion or emphasis. Even an emphatic confession without action means little.

3 sn Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you? Respect is not a matter of mere words, but is reflected in obedient action. This short saying, which is much simpler than its more developed conceptual parallel in Matt 7:21-23, serves in this form to simply warn and issue a call to hear and obey, as the last parable also does in vv. 47-49.

4 tn Grk “said.”

5 tn Grk “Lord, that I may see [again].” The phrase can be rendered as an imperative of request, “Please, give me sight.” Since the man is not noted as having been blind from birth (as the man in John 9 was) it is likely the request is to receive back the sight he once had.



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