Lukas 19:40

19:40 He answered, ¹  “I tell you, if they ²  keep silent, the very stones ³  will cry out!”

Lukas 20:18

20:18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, ⁴  and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.” ⁵ 

Lukas 21:5

The Signs of the End of the Age

21:5 Now ⁶  while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned ⁷  with beautiful stones and offerings, ⁸  Jesus ⁹  said,

Lukas 22:41

22:41 He went away from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed,

[19:40]  ¹ tn Grk “and answering, he said.” This has been simplified in the translation to “He answered.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:40]  ² tn Grk “these.”

[19:40]  ³ sn This statement amounts to a rebuke. The idiom of creation speaking means that even creation knows what is taking place, yet the Pharisees miss it. On this idiom, see Gen 4:10 and Hab 2:11.

[20:18]  ⁴ tn On this term, see BDAG 972 s.v. συνθλάω.

[20:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”

[20:18]  sn This proverb basically means that the stone crushes, without regard to whether it falls on someone or someone falls on it. On the stone as a messianic image, see Isa 28:16 and Dan 2:44-45.

[21:5]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[21:5]  ⁷ sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 (15.380-425); J. W. 5.5 (5.184-227) and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.

[21:5]  ⁸ tn For the translation of ἀνάθημα (anaqhma) as “offering” see L&N 53.18.

[21:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.