Luke 9:13
Context9:13 But he said to them, “You 1 give them something to eat.” They 2 replied, 3 “We have no more than five loaves and two fish – unless 4 we go 5 and buy food 6 for all these people.”
Luke 11:32
Context11:32 The people 7 of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them 8 – and now, 9 something greater than Jonah is here!
1 tn Here the pronoun ὑμεῖς (Jumeis) is used, making “you” in the translation emphatic.
2 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
3 tn Grk “said.”
4 tn This possibility is introduced through a conditional clause, but it is expressed with some skepticism (BDF §376).
5 tn The participle πορευθέντες (poreuqente") has been taken as indicating attendant circumstance.
6 sn Not only would going and buying food have been expensive and awkward at this late time of day, it would have taken quite a logistical effort to get the food back out to this isolated location.
7 tn See the note on the word “people” in v. 31.
8 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.
9 tn Grk “behold.”