Lukas 2:18

2:18 and all who heard it were astonished ¹  at what the shepherds said.

Lukas 17:3

17:3 Watch ²  yourselves! If ³  your brother ⁴  sins, rebuke him. If ⁵  he repents, forgive him.

Lukas 20:41

The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord

20:41 But ⁶  he said to them, “How is it that they say that the Christ ⁷  is David’s son? ⁸ 

Lukas 24:51

24:51 Now ⁹  during the blessing ¹⁰  he departed ¹¹  and was taken up into heaven. ¹² 

[2:18]  ¹ tn Grk “marveled.” It is a hard word to translate with one term in this context. There is a mixture of amazement and pondering at work in considering the surprising events here. See Luke 1:21, 63; 2:33.

[17:3]  ² tn It is difficult to know if this looks back or forward or both. The warning suggests it looks back. For this verb, see Luke 8:18; 12:1, 15; 20:46; 21:8, 34. The present imperative reflects an ongoing spirit of watchfulness.

[17:3]  ³ tn Both the “if” clause in this verse and the “if” clause in v. 4 are third class conditions in Greek.

[17:3]  ⁴ tn Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a, contra BDAG 19 s.v. 2.c), but with a familial connotation. It refers equally to men, women, or children. However, because of the familial connotations, “brother” has been retained in the translation here in preference to the more generic “fellow believer” (“fellow Christian” would be anachronistic in this context).

[17:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “And if.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:41]  ⁶ sn If the religious leaders will not dare to question Jesus any longer, then he will question them.

[20:41]  ⁷ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[20:41]  sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.

[20:41]  ⁸ sn It was a common belief in Judaism that Messiah would be David’s son in that he would come from the lineage of David. On this point the Pharisees agreed and were correct. But their understanding was nonetheless incomplete, for Messiah is also David’s Lord. With this statement Jesus was affirming that, as the Messiah, he is both God and man.

[24:51]  ⁹ tn Grk “And it happened that while.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[24:51]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “while he blessed them.”

[24:51]  ¹¹ tn Grk “he departed from them.”

[24:51]  ¹² tc The reference to the ascension (“and was taken up into heaven”) is lacking in א* D it sy^s, but it is found in Ì⁷⁵ and the rest of the ms tradition. The authenticity of the statement here seems to be presupposed in Acts 1:2, for otherwise it is difficult to account for Luke’s reference to the ascension there. For a helpful discussion, see TCGNT 162-63.

[24:51]  tn For the translation of ἀνεφέρετο (anefereto) as “was taken up” see BDAG 75 s.v. ἀναφέρω 1.

[24:51]  sn There is great debate whether this event equals Acts 1:9-11 so that Luke has telescoped something here that he describes in more detail later. The text can be read in this way because the temporal marker in v. 50 is vague.