⁴ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

¹ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

³ tn Or “exactly twenty-five.”

² sn This statement is a paraphrase rather than an exact quotation of Acts 10:4.

² tn Or “precisely”; Grk “rightly.” Jesus teaches exactly, the straight and narrow.

² sn Magadan was a place along the Sea of Galilee, the exact location of which is uncertain.

¹ sn The proverb uses anthropomorphic language to describe God’s exacting and evaluating knowledge of all people.

¹ tn Heb “an enemy will not exact tribute.” The imperfect is understood in a modal sense, indicating capability or potential.

² tn The exact identification of these stones is uncertain. Many recent English translations, however, have “onyx” and “sapphires.”

¹ sn A modified quotation from Isa 10:22-23. Since it is not exact, it has been printed as italics only.

³ sn “The Lord’s will be done.” Since no one knew exactly what would happen, the matter was left in the Lord’s hands.

² sn They began to stone him. The irony of the scene is that the people do exactly what the speech complains about in v. 52.

¹ sn The same word translated distress here has been translated sadness in the previous verse (a wordplay that is not exactly reproducible in English).

¹ tn Or (perhaps) “I am certainly telling you this.” According to BDF §12.3 ἀπ᾿ ἄρτι (ap’ arti) should be read as ἀπαρτί (aparti), meaning “exactly, certainly.”

¹ tn Or “model” (see R. E. Brown, John [AB], 1:386, who argues that “model” is a more exact translation of καλός [kalos] here).

³ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ. This is exactly the same phrase as in v. 2.

² sn Exactly as he had told them. Nothing in Luke 19-23 catches Jesus by surprise. Often he directs the action.

⁵ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ. This is exactly the same phrase as in v. 28.

⁵ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ. This is exactly the same phrase as in v. 23.

¹ tc The LXX does not have the word “by measurements.” The word may be a technical term referring to carpentry technique, the exact meaning of which is unclear.