Lukas 1:25

1:25 “This is what ¹  the Lord has done for me at the time ²  when he has been gracious to me, ³  to take away my disgrace ⁴  among people.” ⁵ 

Lukas 6:18

6:18 and those who suffered from ⁶  unclean ⁷  spirits were cured.

Lukas 10:20

10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that ⁸  the spirits submit to you, but rejoice ⁹  that your names stand written ¹⁰  in heaven.”

[1:25]  ¹ tn Grk “Thus.”

[1:25]  ² tn Grk “in the days.”

[1:25]  ³ tn Grk “has looked on me” (an idiom for taking favorable notice of someone).

[1:25]  ⁴ sn Barrenness was often seen as a reproach or disgrace (Lev 20:20-21; Jer 22:30), but now at her late age (the exact age is never given in Luke’s account), God had miraculously removed it (see also Luke 1:7).

[1:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “among men”; but the context clearly indicates a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") here.

[6:18]  ⁶ tn Or “were oppressed by,” “were troubled with.” See L&N 22.17.

[6:18]  ⁷ sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits. See Luke 4:33.

[10:20]  ⁸ tn Grk “do not rejoice in this, that.” This is awkward in contemporary English and has been simplified to “do not rejoice that.”

[10:20]  ⁹ tn The verb here is a present imperative, so the call is to an attitude of rejoicing.

[10:20]  ¹⁰ tn The verb here, a perfect tense, stresses a present reality of that which was a completed action, that is, their names were etched in the heavenly stone, as it were.