Lukas 3:21

The Baptism of Jesus

3:21 Now when ¹  all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, ²  the heavens ³  opened,

Lukas 5:16

5:16 Yet Jesus himself ⁴  frequently withdrew ⁵  to the wilderness ⁶  and prayed.

Lukas 6:12

Choosing the Twelve Apostles

6:12 Now ⁷  it was during this time that Jesus ⁸  went out to the mountain ⁹  to pray, and he spent all night ¹⁰  in prayer to God. ¹¹ 

Lukas 9:18

Peter’s Confession

9:18 Once ¹²  when Jesus ¹³  was praying ¹⁴  by himself, and his disciples were nearby, he asked them, ¹⁵  “Who do the crowds say that I am?” ¹⁶ 

Lukas 9:28

The Transfiguration

9:28 Now ¹⁷  about eight days ¹⁸  after these sayings, Jesus ¹⁹  took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

[3:21]  ¹ tn Grk “Now it happened that when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[3:21]  ² tn Grk “and while Jesus was being baptized and praying.” The first of these participles has been translated as a finite verb to be more consistent with English style.

[3:21]  ³ tn Or “the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. In this context, although the word is singular, the English plural “heavens” connotes the Greek better than the singular “heaven” would, for the singular does not normally refer to the sky.

[5:16]  ⁴ tn Here αὐτός (autos) has been translated reflexively.

[5:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “was withdrawing” (ἦν ὑποχωρῶν, hn jJupocwrwn). The adverb “frequently” has been added in the translation to bring out what is most likely an iterative force to the imperfect. However, the imperfect might instead portray an ingressive idea: “he began to withdraw.” See ExSyn 542-43.

[5:16]  ⁶ tn Or “desert.”

[6:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “Now it happened that in.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[6:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:12]  ⁹ tn Or “to a mountain” (εἰς τὸ ὅρος, eis to Joro").

[6:12]  sn The expression to the mountain here may be idiomatic or generic, much like the English “he went to the hospital” (cf. 15:29), or even intentionally reminiscent of Exod 24:12 (LXX), since the genre of the Sermon on the Mount seems to be that of a new Moses giving a new law.

[6:12]  ¹⁰ sn This is the only time all night prayer is mentioned in the NT.

[6:12]  ¹¹ tn This is an objective genitive, so prayer “to God.”

[9:18]  ¹² tn Grk “And it happened that.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:18]  ¹⁴ sn Prayer is a favorite theme of Luke and he is the only one of the gospel authors to mention it in the following texts (with the exception of 22:41): Luke 3:21; 5:16; 6:12; 9:28-29; 11:1; 22:41; 23:34, 46.

[9:18]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “the disciples were with him, and he asked them, saying.”

[9:18]  ¹⁶ sn “Who do the crowds say that I am?” The question of who Jesus is occurs frequently in this section of Luke: 7:49; 8:25; 9:9. The answer resolves a major theme of Luke’s Gospel.

[9:28]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “Now it happened that about.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[9:28]  ¹⁸ tn Matt 17:1 and Mark 9:2 specify the interval more exactly, saying it was the sixth day. Luke uses ὡσεί (Jwsei, “about”) to give an approximate reference.

[9:28]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.