Lukas 10:26

10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?” ¹ 

Lukas 11:25

11:25 When it returns, ²  it finds the house ³  swept clean and put in order. ⁴ 

Lukas 19:45

Cleansing the Temple

19:45 Then ⁵  Jesus ⁶  entered the temple courts ⁷  and began to drive out those who were selling things there, ⁸ 

Lukas 24:52

24:52 So ⁹  they worshiped ¹⁰  him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ¹¹ 

[10:26]  ¹ tn Grk “How do you read?” The pronoun “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[11:25]  ² tn Grk “comes.”

[11:25]  ³ tn The words “the house” are not in Greek but are implied.

[11:25]  ⁴ sn The image of the house swept clean and put in order refers to the life of the person from whom the demon departed. The key to the example appears to be that no one else has been invited in to dwell. If an exorcism occurs and there is no response to God, then the way is free for the demon to return. Some see the reference to exorcism as more symbolic; thus the story’s only point is about responding to Jesus. This is possible and certainly is an application of the passage.

[19:45]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[19:45]  ⁶ tn Grk “he.”

[19:45]  ⁷ tn Grk “the temple” (also in v. 47).

[19:45]  sn The merchants (those who were selling things there) would have been located in the Court of the Gentiles.

[19:45]  ⁸ sn Matthew (21:12-27), Mark (11:15-19) and Luke (here, 19:45-46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John (2:13-16) records a cleansing of the temple at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. See the note on the word temple courts in John 2:14 for a discussion of the relationship of these accounts to one another.

[24:52]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of Jesus’ ascension and the concluding summary of Luke’s Gospel.

[24:52]  ¹⁰ tc The reference to worship is lacking in the Western ms D, its last major omission in this Gospel.

[24:52]  ¹¹ sn Joy is another key theme for Luke: 1:14; 2:10; 8:13; 10:17; 15:7, 10; 24:41.