Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Luk 16:26) | 1 tn Grk “And in all these things.” There is no way Lazarus could carry out this request even if divine justice were not involved. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 15:15) | 3 sn To a Jew, being sent to the field to feed pigs would be an insult, since pigs were considered unclean animals (Lev 11:7). |
| (0.30) | (Luk 14:29) | 3 tn The words “the tower” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 14:29) | 4 tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 14:23) | 6 tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 14:25) | 1 sn It is important to note that the following remarks are not just to disciples, but to the large crowds who were following Jesus. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 13:2) | 2 sn Jesus did not want his hearers to think that tragedy was necessarily a judgment on these people because they were worse sinners. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 11:52) | 1 sn You have taken away the key to knowledge is another stinging rebuke. They had done the opposite of what they were trying to do. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 11:19) | 2 tn The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 11:16) | 2 tn The pronoun “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 9:48) | 2 sn Children were very insignificant in ancient culture, so this child would be the perfect object lesson to counter the disciples’ selfish ambitions. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 8:42) | 2 sn Pressed is a very emphatic term—the crowds were pressing in so hard that one could hardly breathe (L&N 19.48). |
| (0.30) | (Luk 8:36) | 2 tn Or “had been delivered”; Grk “had been saved.” This should not be understood as an expression for full salvation. They were only discussing the healing. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 7:39) | 1 tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 7:8) | 3 tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 6:8) | 4 sn Most likely synagogues were arranged with benches along the walls and open space in the center for seating on the floor. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 5:17) | 3 tn That is, those who were skilled in the teaching and interpretation of the OT law. These are called “experts in the law” (Grk “scribes”) in v. 21. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 5:14) | 6 tn The words “the offering” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 5:15) | 2 tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 5:17) | 2 sn Pharisees were members of one of the most important and influential religious and political parties of Judaism in the time of Jesus. There were more Pharisees than Sadducees (according to Josephus, Ant. 17.2.4 [17.42] there were more than 6,000 Pharisees at about this time). Pharisees differed with Sadducees on certain doctrines and patterns of behavior. The Pharisees were strict and zealous adherents to the laws of the OT and to numerous additional traditions such as angels and bodily resurrection. |
