Lukas 5:23

5:23 Which is easier, ¹  to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?

Lukas 8:17

8:17 For nothing is hidden ²  that will not be revealed, ³  and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

Lukas 19:21

19:21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe ⁴  man. You withdraw ⁵  what you did not deposit ⁶  and reap what you did not sow.’

Lukas 21:11

21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and famines ⁷  and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights ⁸  and great signs ⁹  from heaven.

Lukas 24:47

24:47 and repentance ¹⁰  for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ¹¹  in his name to all nations, ¹²  beginning from Jerusalem. ¹³ 

[5:23]  ¹ sn Which is easier is a reflective kind of question. On the one hand to declare sins are forgiven is easier, since one does not need to see it, unlike telling a paralyzed person to walk. On the other hand, it is harder, because for it to be true one must possess the authority to forgive the sin.

[8:17]  ² sn Nothing is hidden. Light also exposes, and Jesus was suggesting that his teaching likewise revealed where people are and where they will be. Truth will be manifest in the future, just as it was declared by him then. Nothing will be concealed.

[8:17]  ³ tn Or “disclosed.”

[19:21]  ⁴ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

[19:21]  ⁵ tn Grk “man, taking out.” The Greek word can refer to withdrawing money from a bank (L&N 57.218), and in this context of financial accountability that is the most probable meaning. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “you” as subject and translating the participle αἴρεις (airei") as a finite verb.

[19:21]  ⁶ tn The Greek verb τίθημι (tiqhmi) can be used of depositing money with a banker to earn interest (L&N 57.217). In effect the slave charges that the master takes what he has not earned.

[21:11]  ⁷ sn See Isa 5:13-14; 13:6-16; Hag 2:6-7; Zech 14:4.

[21:11]  ⁸ tn This term, φόβητρον (fobhtron), occurs only here in the NT. It could refer to an object, event, or condition that causes fear, but in the context it is linked with great signs from heaven, so the translation “sights” was preferred.

[21:11]  ⁹ sn See Jer 4:13-22; 14:12; 21:6-7.

[24:47]  ¹⁰ sn This repentance has its roots in declarations of the Old Testament. It is the Hebrew concept of a turning of direction.

[24:47]  ¹¹ tn Or “preached,” “announced.”

[24:47]  ¹² sn To all nations. The same Greek term (τὰ ἔθνη, ta eqnh) may be translated “the Gentiles” or “the nations.” The hope of God in Christ was for all the nations from the beginning.

[24:47]  ¹³ sn Beginning from Jerusalem. See Acts 2, which is where it all starts.

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