Lukas 16:20

16:20 But at his gate lay ¹  a poor man named Lazarus ²  whose body was covered with sores, ³ 

Lukas 19:7

19:7 And when the people ⁴  saw it, they all complained, ⁵  “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” ⁶ 

Lukas 8:39

8:39 “Return to your home, ⁷  and declare ⁸  what God has done for you.” ⁹  So ¹⁰  he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town ¹¹  what Jesus ¹²  had done for him.

[16:20]  ¹ tn The passive verb ἐβέβλητο (ebeblhto) does not indicate how Lazarus got there. Cf. BDAG 163 s.v. βάλλω 1.b, “he lay before the door”; Josephus, Ant. 9.10.2 (9.209).

[16:20]  ² sn This is the one time in all the gospels that a figure in a parable is mentioned by name. It will become important later in the account.

[16:20]  ³ tn Or “was covered with ulcers.” The words “whose body” are implied in the context (L&N 23.180).

[19:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “they”; the referent is unspecified but is probably the crowd in general, who would have no great love for a man like Zacchaeus who had enriched himself many times over at their expense.

[19:7]  ⁵ tn This term is used only twice in the NT, both times in Luke (here and 15:2) and has negative connotations both times (BDAG 227 s.v. διαγογγύζω). The participle λέγοντες (legonte") is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[19:7]  ⁶ sn Being the guest of a man who is a sinner was a common complaint about Jesus: Luke 5:31-32; 7:37-50; 15:1-2.

[8:39]  ⁷ tn Grk “your house.”

[8:39]  ⁸ tn Or “describe.”

[8:39]  ⁹ sn Jesus instructs the man to declare what God has done for him, in contrast to the usual instructions (e.g., 8:56; 9:21) to remain silent. Here in Gentile territory Jesus allowed more open discussion of his ministry. D. L. Bock (Luke [BECNT], 1:781) suggests that with few Jewish religious representatives present, there would be less danger of misunderstanding Jesus’ ministry as political.

[8:39]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the man’s response to Jesus’ instructions.

[8:39]  ¹¹ tn Or “city.”

[8:39]  ¹² sn Note that the man could not separate what God had done from the one through whom God had done it (what Jesus had done for him). This man was called to witness to God’s goodness at home.