Lukas 7:14

7:14 Then ¹  he came up ²  and touched ³  the bier, ⁴  and those who carried it stood still. He ⁵  said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”

Lukas 12:28

12:28 And if ⁶  this is how God clothes the wild grass, ⁷  which is here ⁸  today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, ⁹  how much more ¹⁰  will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

[7:14]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[7:14]  ² tn Grk “coming up, he touched.” The participle προσελθών (proselqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[7:14]  ³ sn The act of having touched the bier would have rendered Jesus ceremonially unclean, but it did not matter to him, since he was expressing his personal concern (Num 19:11, 16).

[7:14]  ⁴ sn Although sometimes translated “coffin,” the bier was actually a stretcher or wooden plank on which the corpse was transported to the place of burial. See L&N 6.109.

[7:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “And he.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[12:28]  ⁶ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.

[12:28]  ⁷ tn Grk “grass in the field.”

[12:28]  ⁸ tn Grk “which is in the field today.”

[12:28]  ⁹ tn Grk “into the oven.” The expanded translation “into the fire to heat the oven” has been used to avoid misunderstanding; most items put into modern ovens are put there to be baked, not burned.

[12:28]  sn The oven was most likely a rounded clay oven used for baking bread, which was heated by burning wood and dried grass.

[12:28]  ¹⁰ sn The phrase how much more is a typical form of rabbinic argumentation, from the lesser to the greater. If God cares for the little things, surely he will care for the more important things.