¹ tn Or “destroy.”

² tc Most mss, especially the later ones (A C D W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 33 Ï it), read here “as also Elijah did,” making the allusion to 2 Kgs 1:10, 12, 14 more explicit. The shorter reading has better and earlier support (Ì^45,75 א B L Ξ 579 700* 1241 pc lat sa). It is difficult to explain how the shorter reading could have arisen from the longer, especially since it is well represented early on. However, the longer reading looks to have been a marginal note originally, incorporated into the text of Luke by early scribes.

sn An allusion to 2 Kgs 1:10, 12, 14.

³ tn Or “subjects.” Technically these people were not his subjects yet, but would be upon his return. They were citizens of his country who opposed his appointment as their king; later the newly-appointed king will refer to them as his “enemies” (v. 27).

⁴ tn The imperfect is intense in this context, suggesting an ongoing attitude.

⁵ tn Grk “this one” (somewhat derogatory in this context).

⁶ tn Or “to rule.”

⁷ tn Grk “to rule over them.”

⁸ tn This term, when used of people rather than animals, has some connotations of violence and mercilessness (L&N 20.72).

⁹ sn Slaughter them. To reject the king is to face certain judgment from him.