Lukas 15:4
Konteks15:4 “Which one 1 of you, if he has a hundred 2 sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture 3 and go look for 4 the one that is lost until he finds it? 5
Lukas 17:1-2
Konteks17:1 Jesus 6 said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe 7 to the one through whom they come! 17:2 It would be better for him to have a millstone 8 tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea 9 than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. 10
[15:4] 1 tn Grk “What man.” The Greek word ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in a somewhat generic sense.
[15:4] 2 sn This individual with a hundred sheep is a shepherd of modest means, as flocks often had up to two hundred head of sheep.
[15:4] 3 tn Or “desert,” but here such a translation might suggest neglect of the 99 sheep left behind.
[15:4] 4 tn Grk “go after,” but in contemporary English the idiom “to look for” is used to express this.
[15:4] 5 sn Until he finds it. The parable pictures God’s pursuit of the sinner. On the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, see John 10:1-18.
[17:1] 6 tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
[17:1] 7 sn See Luke 6:24-26.
[17:2] 8 tn This term refers to the heavy upper stone of a grinding mill (L&N 7.70; BDAG 660 s.v. μυλικός).
[17:2] sn The punishment of drowning with a heavy weight attached is extremely gruesome and reflects Jesus’ views concerning those who cause others who believe in him to sin.
[17:2] 9 tn Grk “if a millstone were tied…and he were thrown.” The conditional construction in Greek has been translated by English infinitives: “to have… and be thrown.”
[17:2] 10 tn Or “to stumble.” This verb, σκανδαλίσῃ (skandalish), has the same root as the noun σκάνδαλον (skandalon) in 17:1, translated “stumbling blocks”; this wordplay is difficult to reproduce in English. It is possible that the primary cause of offense here would be leading disciples (“little ones”) astray in a similar fashion.