¹ tn Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹ tn Or “some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

² tn Or “with the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

² tn Or “where the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

² tn Or “The scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

¹ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

¹ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

² tn Or “do the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

⁴ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

² tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

¹ tn Or “Then some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

² tn Or “some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

² tn Or “a scribe.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

² tn Or “their scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

¹ tn Or “that of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

² sn Experts in the law would have been mostly like the Pharisees in approach. Thus various sects of Judaism were coming together against Jesus.

¹ sn The attempt to show Jesus as ignorant had left the experts silenced. At this point they did not dare any longer to ask him anything.

¹ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (the expert in religious law) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn Traditionally, “a lawyer.” This was an expert in the interpretation of the Mosaic law (see also Luke 7:30, where the same term occurs).

² sn Rejection in Luke is especially by the Jewish leadership (here elders, chief priests, and experts in the law), though in Luke 23 almost all will join in.