Lukas 11:38

11:38 The ¹  Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus ²  did not first wash his hands ³  before the meal.

Lukas 11:53-54

11:53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law ⁴  and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, ⁵  and to ask him hostile questions ⁶  about many things, 11:54 plotting against ⁷  him, to catch ⁸  him in something he might say.

[11:38]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[11:38]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:38]  ³ tn The words “his hands” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied for clarity.

[11:38]  sn Washing before meals was a cultural practice that was described in the OT, but not prescribed there (Gen 18:4; Judg 19:21). It was apparently related to concern about contracting ceremonial uncleanness (Lev 11:31-38; t. Demai 2.11-12).

[11:53]  ⁴ tn Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[11:53]  ⁵ tn Or “terribly.”

[11:53]  ⁶ tn For this term see L&N 33.183.

[11:54]  ⁷ tn Grk “lying in ambush against,” but this is a figurative extension of that meaning.

[11:54]  ⁸ tn This term was often used in a hunting context (BDAG 455 s.v. θηρεύω; L&N 27.30). Later examples of this appear in Luke 20.