Lukas 1:30

1:30 So ¹  the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, ²  Mary, for you have found favor ³  with God!

Lukas 2:52

2:52 And Jesus increased ⁴  in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.

Lukas 7:30

7:30 However, the Pharisees ⁵  and the experts in religious law ⁶  rejected God’s purpose ⁷  for themselves, because they had not been baptized ⁸  by John. ⁹ ) ¹⁰ 

[1:30]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Gabriel’s statement is a response to Mary’s perplexity over the greeting.

[1:30]  ² sn Do not be afraid. See 1:13 for a similar statement to Zechariah.

[1:30]  ³ tn Or “grace.”

[1:30]  sn The expression found favor is a Semitism, common in the OT (Gen 6:8; 18:3; 43:14; 2 Sam 15:25). God has chosen to act on this person’s behalf.

[2:52]  ⁴ tn Or “kept increasing.” The imperfect tense suggests something of a progressive force to the verb.

[7:30]  ⁵ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[7:30]  ⁶ tn That is, the experts in the interpretation of the Mosaic law (see also Luke 5:17, although the Greek term is not identical there, and Luke 10:25, where it is the same).

[7:30]  ⁷ tn Or “plan.”

[7:30]  ⁸ tn The participle βαπτισθέντες (baptisqente") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle; it could also be translated as means (“for themselves, by not having been baptized”). This is similar to the translation found in the NRSV.

[7:30]  ⁹ tn Grk “by him”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:30]  ¹⁰ sn Luke 7:29-30 forms something of an aside by the author. To indicate this, they have been placed in parentheses.