Discovery BoxLuke 8:8 
Context8:8 But 1 other seed fell on good soil and grew, 2 and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” 3 As he said this, 4 he called out, “The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” 5
Luke 8:14
Context8:14 As for the seed that 6 fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but 7 as they go on their way they are choked 8 by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, 9 and their fruit does not mature. 10
Luke 8:23
Context8:23 and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm 11 came down on the lake, 12 and the boat 13 started filling up with water, and they were in danger.
Luke 8:28
Context8:28 When he saw 14 Jesus, he cried out, fell 15 down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, “Leave me alone, 16 Jesus, Son of the Most High 17 God! I beg you, do not torment 18 me!”
Luke 8:47
Context8:47 When 19 the woman saw that she could not escape notice, 20 she came trembling and fell down before him. In 21 the presence of all the people, she explained why 22 she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.
Luke 10:30
Context10:30 Jesus replied, 23 “A man was going down 24 from Jerusalem 25 to Jericho, 26 and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat 27 him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. 28
Luke 13:4
Context13:4 Or those eighteen who were killed 29 when the tower in Siloam fell on them, 30 do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem? 31
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the final stage of the parable.
2 tn Grk “when it grew, after it grew.”
3 sn Unlike the parallel accounts in Matt 13:8 and Mark 4:8, there is no distinction in yield in this version of the parable.
4 tn Grk “said these things.”
5 tn The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15; 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 14:35).
6 tn Grk “What”; the referent (the seed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
8 sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.
9 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.
10 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.
11 tn Or “a squall.”
12 sn A violent windstorm came down on the lake. The Sea of Galilee is located in a depression some 700 ft (200 m) below sea level and is surrounded by hills. Frequently a rush of wind and the right mix of temperatures can cause a storm to come suddenly on the lake. Storms on the Sea of Galilee were known for their suddenness and violence.
13 tn Grk “they were being swamped,” but English idiom speaks of the boat being swamped rather than the people in it, so the referent (the boat) has been supplied to reflect this usage.
14 tn Grk “And seeing.” The participle ἰδών (idwn) has been taken temporally. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
15 tn Grk “and fell,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
16 tn Grk “What to me and to you?” (an idiom). The phrase τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί (ti emoi kai soi) is Semitic in origin, though it made its way into colloquial Greek (BDAG 275 s.v. ἐγώ). The equivalent Hebrew expression in the OT had two basic meanings: (1) When one person was unjustly bothering another, the injured party could say “What to me and to you?” meaning, “What have I done to you that you should do this to me?” (Judg 11:12; 2 Chr 35:21; 1 Kgs 17:18). (2) When someone was asked to get involved in a matter he felt was no business of his own, he could say to the one asking him, “What to me and to you?” meaning, “That is your business, how am I involved?” (2 Kgs 3:13; Hos 14:8). These nuances were apparently expanded in Greek, but the basic notions of defensive hostility (option 1) and indifference or disengagement (option 2) are still present. BDAG suggests the following as glosses for this expression: What have I to do with you? What have we in common? Leave me alone! Never mind! Hostility between Jesus and the demons is certainly to be understood in this context, hence the translation: “Leave me alone….”
17 sn On the title Most High see Luke 1:35.
18 sn The demons’ plea “do not torment me” is a recognition of Jesus’ inherent authority over evil forces. The request is that Jesus not bother them. There was an appointed time in which demons would face their judgment, and they seem to have viewed Jesus’ arrival on the scene as an illegitimate change in God’s plan regarding the time when their sentence would be executed.
19 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
20 tn Or “could not remain unnoticed” (see L&N 28.83).
21 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. The order of the clauses in the remainder of the verse has been rearranged to reflect contemporary English style.
22 tn Grk “told for what reason.”
23 tn Grk “answering, said.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “replied.”
24 sn The journey from Jerusalem to Jericho was 17 mi (27 km), descending some 1800 ft (540 m) in altitude. It was known for its danger because the road ran through areas of desert and caves where the robbers hid.
25 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
26 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
27 tn Grk “and beat,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
28 sn That is, in a state between life and death; severely wounded.
29 tn Grk “on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them.” This relative clause embedded in a prepositional phrase is complex in English and has been simplified to an adjectival and a temporal clause in the translation.
30 sn Unlike the previous event, when the tower in Siloam fell on them, it was an accident of fate. It raised the question, however, “Was this a judgment?”
31 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
