Luke 5:34
ContextNETBible | So 1 Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests 2 fast while the bridegroom 3 is with them, can you? 4 |
XREF | Jud 14:10,11; Ps 45:10-16; Ps 45:14; So 2:6,7; So 3:10,11; So 5:8; So 6:1; Isa 54:5; Isa 62:5; Zep 3:17; Mt 22:2; Mt 25:1-10; Joh 3:29; 2Co 11:2; Eph 5:25-27; Re 19:7-9 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ pronouncement is a result of their statements about his disciples. 2 tn Grk “the sons of the wedding hall,” an idiom referring to guests at the wedding, or more specifically, friends of the bridegroom present at the wedding celebration (L&N 11.7). 3 sn The expression while the bridegroom is with them is an allusion to messianic times (John 3:29; Isa 54:5-6; 62:4-5; 4 Ezra 2:15, 38). 4 tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here it is “can you?”). |