Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Luk 23:34) | 3 tn Grk “cast lots” (probably by using marked pebbles or broken pieces of pottery). A modern equivalent “threw dice” was chosen here because of its association with gambling. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 23:23) | 1 tn Though a different Greek term is used here (BDAG 373 s.v. ἐπίκειμαι), this remark is like 23:5. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 22:65) | 1 tn Or “insulting.” Luke uses a strong word here; it means “to revile, to defame, to blaspheme” (L&N 33.400). |
| (0.30) | (Luk 22:57) | 3 sn The expression “I do not know him” had an idiomatic use in Jewish ban formulas in the synagogue and could mean, “I have nothing to do with him.” |
| (0.30) | (Luk 22:49) | 3 sn “Should we use our swords?” The disciples’ effort to defend Jesus recalls Luke 22:35-38. One individual did not wait for the answer. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 20:37) | 2 sn See Exod 3:6. Jesus used a common form of rabbinic citation here to refer to the passage in question. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 20:8) | 2 sn Neither will I tell you. Though Jesus gave no answer, the analogy he used to their own question makes his view clear. His authority came from heaven. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 19:27) | 2 tn This term, when used of people rather than animals, has some connotations of violence and mercilessness (L&N 20.72). |
| (0.30) | (Luk 19:9) | 2 sn This is one of the few uses of the specific term salvation in Luke (1:69, 71, 77), though the concept runs throughout the Gospel. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 18:39) | 3 sn Public opinion would not sway the blind man from getting Jesus’ attention. The term shouted is strong as it can be used of animal cries. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 16:19) | 1 sn Purple describes a fine, expensive dye used on luxurious clothing, and by metonymy, refers to clothing colored with that dye. It pictures someone of great wealth. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 16:4) | 1 tn This is a dramatic use of the aorist and the verse is left unconnected to the previous verse by asyndeton, giving the impression of a sudden realization. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 15:21) | 2 sn The phrase against heaven is a circumlocution for God. 1st century Judaism tended to minimize use of the divine name out of reverence. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 14:26) | 2 tn Grk “his own soul,” but ψυχή (psuchē) is frequently used of one’s physical life. It clearly has that meaning in this context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 12:20) | 1 tn Grk “your soul,” but ψυχή (psuchē) is frequently used of one’s physical life. It clearly has that meaning in this context. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 12:28) | 4 sn The oven was most likely a rounded clay oven used for baking bread, which was heated by burning wood and dried grass. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 9:46) | 2 tn The use of the optative mood means the answer is not clear (BDF §§267.2.2; 385.2.2). |
| (0.30) | (Luk 9:12) | 4 tn That is, find someone to show them hospitality. L&N 34.61 has “find lodging,” using this verse as an example. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 9:6) | 2 tn This is a distributive use of κατά (kata); see L&N 83:12 where this verse is cited as an example of the usage. |
| (0.30) | (Luk 8:45) | 4 sn Pressing is a graphic term used in everyday Greek of pressing grapes. Peter says in effect, “How could you ask this? Everyone is touching you!” |
