Lukas 4:23

4:23 Jesus ¹  said to them, “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ ²  and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, ³  do here in your hometown too.’”

Lukas 7:9

7:9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed ⁴  at him. He turned and said to the crowd that followed him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith!” ⁵ 

Lukas 7:39

7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, ⁶  he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, ⁷  he would know who and what kind of woman ⁸  this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

Lukas 8:35

8:35 So ⁹  the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They ¹⁰  found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

Lukas 9:54

9:54 Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume ¹¹  them?” ¹² 

Lukas 12:24

12:24 Consider the ravens: ¹³  They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds ¹⁴  them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Lukas 12:27

12:27 Consider how the flowers ¹⁵  grow; they do not work ¹⁶  or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

Lukas 12:39

12:39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief ¹⁷  was coming, he would not have let ¹⁸  his house be broken into.

Lukas 20:37

20:37 But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised ¹⁹  in the passage about the bush, ²⁰  where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. ²¹ 

[4:23]  ¹ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:23]  ² sn The proverb Physician, heal yourself! means that Jesus should prove his claims. It is a “Prove it to us!” mentality that Jesus says the people have.

[4:23]  ³ sn The remark “What we have heard that you did at Capernaum” makes many suspect that Luke has moved this event forward in sequence to typify what Jesus’ ministry was like, since the ministry in Capernaum follows in vv. 31-44. The location of this event in the parallel of Mark 6:1-6 also suggests this transposition.

[4:23]  map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

[7:9]  ⁴ tn Or “pleased with him and amazed.” The expanded translation brings out both Jesus’ sense of wonder at the deep insight of the soldier and the pleasure he had that he could present the man as an example of faith.

[7:9]  ⁵ sn There are two elements to the faith that Jesus commended: The man’s humility and his sense of Jesus’ authority which recognized that only Jesus’ word, not his physical presence, were required.

[7:39]  ⁶ tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[7:39]  ⁷ tn This is a good example of a second class (contrary to fact) Greek conditional sentence. The Pharisee said, in effect, “If this man were a prophet (but he is not)…”

[7:39]  ⁸ sn The Pharisees believed in a form of separationism that would have prevented them from any kind of association with such a sinful woman.

[8:35]  ⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the people’s response to the report.

[8:35]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Jesus, and they.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[9:54]  ¹¹ tn Or “destroy.”

[9:54]  ¹² tc Most mss, especially the later ones (A C D W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 33 Ï it), read here “as also Elijah did,” making the allusion to 2 Kgs 1:10, 12, 14 more explicit. The shorter reading has better and earlier support (Ì^45,75 א B L Ξ 579 700* 1241 pc lat sa). It is difficult to explain how the shorter reading could have arisen from the longer, especially since it is well represented early on. However, the longer reading looks to have been a marginal note originally, incorporated into the text of Luke by early scribes.

[9:54]  sn An allusion to 2 Kgs 1:10, 12, 14.

[12:24]  ¹³ tn Or “crows.” Crows and ravens belong to the same family of birds. English uses “crow” as a general word for the family. Palestine has several indigenous members of the crow family.

[12:24]  ¹⁴ tn Or “God gives them food to eat.” L&N 23.6 has both “to provide food for” and “to give food to someone to eat.”

[12:27]  ¹⁵ tn Traditionally, “lilies.” According to L&N 3.32, “Though traditionally κρίνον has been regarded as a type of lily, scholars have suggested several other possible types of flowers, including an anemone, a poppy, a gladiolus, and a rather inconspicuous type of daisy.” In view of the uncertainty, the more generic “flowers” has been used in the translation.

[12:27]  ¹⁶ tn Traditionally, “toil.” Although it might be argued that “work hard” would be a more precise translation of κοπιάω (kopiaw) here, the line in English scans better in terms of cadence with a single syllable.

[12:39]  ¹⁷ 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]  ¹⁸ 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.

[20:37]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “But that the dead are raised even Moses revealed.”

[20:37]  ²⁰ sn See Exod 3:6. Jesus used a common form of rabbinic citation here to refer to the passage in question.

[20:37]  ²¹ sn A quotation from Exod 3:6.