Lukas 11:34

11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, ¹  your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, ²  your body is full of darkness.

Lukas 12:39

12:39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief ³  was coming, he would not have let ⁴  his house be broken into.

Lukas 22:66

22:66 When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. ⁵  Then ⁶  they led Jesus ⁷  away to their council ⁸ 

Lukas 23:25

23:25 He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over ⁹  to their will. ¹⁰ 

[11:34]  ¹ tn Or “sound” (so L&N 23.132 and most scholars). A few scholars take this word to mean something like “generous” here (L&N 57.107), partly due to the immediate context of this saying in Matt 6:22 which concerns money, in which case the “eye” is a metonymy for the entire person (“if you are generous”).

[11:34]  ² tn Or “when it is sick” (L&N 23.149).

[11:34]  sn There may be a slight wordplay here, as this term can also mean “evil,” so the figure uses a term that points to the real meaning of being careful as to what one pays attention to or looks at.

[12:39]  ³ sn On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.

[12:39]  ⁴ tc Most mss (א¹ A B L Q W Θ Ψ 070 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat sy^p,h sa^ms bo) read “he would have watched and not let” here, but this looks like an assimilation to Matt 24:43. The alliance of two important and early mss along with a few others (Ì⁷⁵ א* [D] e i sy^s,c sa^mss), coupled with much stronger internal evidence, suggests that the shorter reading is authentic.

[22:66]  ⁵ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[22:66]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[22:66]  ⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:66]  ⁸ sn Their council is probably a reference to the Jewish Sanhedrin, the council of seventy leaders.

[23:25]  ⁹ tn Or “delivered up.”

[23:25]  ¹⁰ sn He handed Jesus over to their will. Here is where Luke places the major blame for Jesus’ death. It lies with the Jewish nation, especially the leadership, though in Acts 4:24-27 he will bring in the opposition of Herod, Pilate, and all people.