Lukas 12:6

12:6 Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? ¹  Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

Lukas 13:26

13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ ² 

Lukas 16:11

16:11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy ³  in handling worldly wealth, ⁴  who will entrust you with the true riches? ⁵ 

Lukas 23:12

23:12 That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, ⁶  for prior to this they had been enemies. ⁷ 

Lukas 24:26

24:26 Wasn’t ⁸  it necessary ⁹  for the Christ ¹⁰  to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

[12:6]  ¹ sn The pennies refer to the assarion, a small Roman copper coin. One of them was worth one sixteenth of a denarius or less than a half hour’s average wage. Sparrows were the cheapest thing sold in the market. God knows about even the most financially insignificant things; see Isa 49:15.

[13:26]  ² sn This term refers to wide streets, and thus suggests the major streets of a city.

[16:11]  ³ tn Or “faithful.”

[16:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “the unrighteous mammon.” See the note on the phrase “worldly wealth” in v. 9.

[16:11]  ⁵ sn Entrust you with the true riches is a reference to future service for God. The idea is like 1 Cor 9:11, except there the imagery is reversed.

[23:12]  ⁶ sn Herod and Pilate became friends with each other. It may be that Pilate’s change of heart was related to the death of his superior, Sejanus, who had a reputation for being anti-Jewish. To please his superior, Pilate may have ruled the Jews with insensitivity. Concerning Sejanus, see Philo, Embassy 24 (160-61) and Flaccus 1 (1).

[23:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “at enmity with each other.”

[24:26]  ⁸ tn This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouci) expects a positive reply.

[24:26]  ⁹ sn The statement Wasn’t it necessary is a reference to the design of God’s plan (see Luke 24:7). Suffering must precede glory (see Luke 17:25).

[24:26]  ¹⁰ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[24:26]  sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.