Discovery BoxLuke 9:36 
Context9:36 After 1 the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So 2 they kept silent and told no one 3 at that time 4 anything of what they had seen.
Luke 9:58
Context9:58 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky 5 have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” 6
Luke 9:62
Context9:62 Jesus 7 said to him, “No one who puts his 8 hand to the plow and looks back 9 is fit for the kingdom of God.” 10
Luke 12:24
Context12:24 Consider the ravens: 11 They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds 12 them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!
Luke 15:21
Context15:21 Then 13 his son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven 14 and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 15
Luke 20:21
Context20:21 Thus 16 they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, 17 and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. 18
Luke 20:36
Context20:36 In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels 19 and are sons of God, since they are 20 sons 21 of the resurrection.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding summary of the account.
3 sn Although the disciples told no one at the time, later they did recount this. The commentary on this scene is 2 Pet 1:17-18.
4 tn Grk “in those days.”
5 tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).
6 sn Jesus’ reply is simply this: Does the man understand the rejection he will be facing? Jesus has no home in the world (the Son of Man has no place to lay his head).
7 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
8 tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
9 sn Jesus warns that excessive concern for family ties (looks back) will make the kingdom a lesser priority, which is not appropriate for discipleship. The image is graphic, for who can plow straight ahead toward a goal while looking back? Discipleship cannot be double-minded.
10 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.
11 tn Or “crows.” Crows and ravens belong to the same family of birds. English uses “crow” as a general word for the family. Palestine has several indigenous members of the crow family.
12 tn Or “God gives them food to eat.” L&N 23.6 has both “to provide food for” and “to give food to someone to eat.”
13 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
14 sn The phrase against heaven is a circumlocution for God. 1st century Judaism tended to minimize use of the divine name out of reverence.
15 sn The younger son launches into his confession just as he had planned. See vv. 18-19.
16 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the plans by the spies.
17 tn Or “precisely”; Grk “rightly.” Jesus teaches exactly, the straight and narrow.
18 sn Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Very few comments are as deceitful as this one; they did not really believe this at all. The question was specifically designed to trap Jesus.
19 sn Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition (1 En. 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 2 Bar. 51:10; 1QH 3.21-23).
20 tn Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here.
21 tn Or “people.” The noun υἱός (Juios) followed by the genitive of class or kind (“sons of…”) denotes a person of a class or kind, specified by the following genitive construction. This Semitic idiom is frequent in the NT (L&N 9.4).
