Discovery Box| (0.38) | (Luk 13:34) | 3 sn How often I have longed to gather your children. Jesus, like a lamenting prophet, speaks for God here, who longed to care tenderly for Israel and protect her. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 14:3) | 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the sequence of events (Jesus’ question was prompted by the man’s appearance). |
| (0.38) | (Luk 14:4) | 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the sequence of events (Jesus’ healing the man was in response to their refusal to answer). |
| (0.38) | (Luk 13:14) | 1 sn The irony is that Jesus’ “work” consisted of merely touching the woman. There is no sense of joy that eighteen years of suffering was reversed with his touch. |
| (0.38) | (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. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 12:54) | 1 tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “also” and δέ (de) has not been translated. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 12:39) | 1 sn On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 11:33) | 1 tn Or perhaps “in a cellar” (L&N 28.78). The point is that the light of Jesus’ teaching has been put in public view. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 11:28) | 2 sn This is another reference to hearing and doing the word of God, which here describes Jesus’ teaching; see Luke 8:21. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 10:28) | 1 tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 9:59) | 1 tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 9:57) | 3 sn The statement “I will follow you wherever you go” is an offer to follow Jesus as a disciple, no matter what the cost. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 9:43) | 2 sn The revelation of the mighty power of God was the manifestation of God’s power shown through Jesus. See Acts 10:38. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 9:4) | 2 sn Jesus telling his disciples to stay there in one house contrasts with the practice of religious philosophers in the ancient world who went from house to house begging. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 9:2) | 4 sn As Jesus’ own ministry (Luke 4:16-44) involved both word (to proclaim) and deed (to heal) so also would that of the disciples. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 8:30) | 1 tn Grk “And Jesus.” Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to pick up the sequence of the narrative prior to the parenthetical note by the author. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 8:15) | 3 sn In an ancient context, the qualifier good described the ethical person who possessed integrity. Here it is integrity concerning God’s revelation through Jesus. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 8:12) | 2 sn The word of Jesus has the potential to save if it germinates in a person’s heart, something the devil is very much against. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 8:1) | 4 sn The combination of preaching and proclaiming the good news is a bit emphatic, stressing Jesus’ teaching ministry on the rule of God. |
| (0.38) | (Luk 7:48) | 3 sn Jesus showed his authority to forgive sins, something that was quite controversial. See Luke 5:17-26 and the next verse. |
