Lukas 11:53

11:53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, ²  and to ask him hostile questions ³  about many things,

Lukas 18:5

18:5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out ⁴  by her unending pleas.’” ⁵ 

Lukas 20:8

20:8 Then ⁶  Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you ⁷  by whose authority ⁸  I do these things.”

Lukas 21:28

21:28 But when these things ⁹  begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption ¹⁰  is drawing near.”

[11:53]  ¹ tn Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[11:53]  ² tn Or “terribly.”

[11:53]  ³ tn For this term see L&N 33.183.

[18:5]  ⁴ tn The term ὑπωπιάζω (Jupwpiazw) in this context means “to wear someone out by continual annoying” (L&N 25.245).

[18:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “by her continual coming,” but the point of annoyance to the judge is her constant pleas for justice (v. 3).

[20:8]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[20:8]  ⁷ sn Neither will I tell you. Though Jesus gave no answer, the analogy he used to their own question makes his view clear. His authority came from heaven.

[20:8]  ⁸ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ. This is exactly the same phrase as in v. 2.

[21:28]  ⁹ sn These things are all the events of vv. 8-27. Disciples represent the righteous here. The events surrounding the fall of the nation are a down payment on a fuller judgment to come on all humanity. The presence of one guarantees the other.

[21:28]  ¹⁰ sn With Jesus’ return comes the manifestation of judgment and final salvation (redemption).