Lukas 16:7

16:7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man ¹  replied, ‘A hundred measures ²  of wheat.’ The manager ³  said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ ⁴ 

Lukas 24:25-27

24:25 So ⁵  he said to them, “You ⁶  foolish people ⁷  – how slow of heart ⁸  to believe ⁹  all that the prophets have spoken! 24:26 Wasn’t ¹⁰  it necessary ¹¹  for the Christ ¹²  to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 24:27 Then ¹³  beginning with Moses and all the prophets, ¹⁴  he interpreted to them the things written about ¹⁵  himself in all the scriptures.

Lukas 24:44-45

Jesus’ Final Commission

24:44 Then ¹⁶  he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me ¹⁷  in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms ¹⁸  must be fulfilled.” 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures, ¹⁹ 

[16:7]  ¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the second debtor) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

[16:7]  ² sn The hundred measures here was a hundreds cors. A cor was a Hebrew dry measure for grain, flour, etc., of between 10-12 bushels (about 390 liters). This was a huge amount of wheat, representing the yield of about 100 acres, a debt of between 2500-3000 denarii.

[16:7]  ³ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the manager) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:7]  ⁴ sn The percentage of reduction may not be as great because of the change in material.

[24:25]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ inability to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.

[24:25]  ⁶ tn Grk “O,” an interjection used both in address and emotion (BDAG 1101 s.v. 1).

[24:25]  ⁷ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to complete the interjection.

[24:25]  ⁸ sn The rebuke is for failure to believe the promise of scripture, a theme that will appear in vv. 43-47 as well.

[24:25]  ⁹ tn On the syntax of this infinitival construction, see BDAG 364-65 s.v. ἐπί 6.b.

[24:26]  ¹⁰ tn This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouci) expects a positive reply.

[24:26]  ¹¹ sn The statement Wasn’t it necessary is a reference to the design of God’s plan (see Luke 24:7). Suffering must precede glory (see Luke 17:25).

[24:26]  ¹² tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[24:26]  sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.

[24:27]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[24:27]  ¹⁴ sn The reference to Moses and all the prophets is a way to say the promise of Messiah runs throughout OT scripture from first to last.

[24:27]  ¹⁵ tn Or “regarding,” “concerning.” “Written” is implied by the mention of the scriptures in context; “said” could also be used here, referring to the original utterances, but by now these things had been committed to writing.

[24:44]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[24:44]  ¹⁷ sn Everything written about me. The divine plan, events, and scripture itself are seen here as being one.

[24:44]  ¹⁸ sn For a similar threefold division of the OT scriptures, see the prologue to Sirach, lines 8-10, and from Qumran, the epilogue to 4QMMT, line 10.

[24:45]  ¹⁹ sn Luke does not mention specific texts here, but it is likely that many of the scriptures he mentioned elsewhere in Luke-Acts would have been among those he had in mind.