Lukas 2:20

2:20 So ¹  the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising ²  God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told. ³ 

Lukas 24:24-25

24:24 Then ⁴  some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.” ⁵  24:25 So ⁶  he said to them, “You ⁷  foolish people ⁸  – how slow of heart ⁹  to believe ¹⁰  all that the prophets have spoken!

[2:20]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.

[2:20]  ² sn The mention of glorifying and praising God is the second note of praise in this section; see Luke 2:13-14.

[2:20]  ³ tn Grk “just as [it] had been spoken to them.” This has been simplified in the English translation by making the prepositional phrase (“to them”) the subject of the passive verb.

[2:20]  sn The closing remark just as they had been told notes a major theme of Luke 1-2 as he sought to reassure Theophilus: God does what he says he will do.

[24:24]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[24:24]  ⁵ tn Here the pronoun αὐτόν (auton), referring to Jesus, is in an emphatic position. The one thing they lacked was solid evidence that he was alive.

[24:25]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ inability to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.

[24:25]  ⁷ tn Grk “O,” an interjection used both in address and emotion (BDAG 1101 s.v. 1).

[24:25]  ⁸ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to complete the interjection.

[24:25]  ⁹ sn The rebuke is for failure to believe the promise of scripture, a theme that will appear in vv. 43-47 as well.

[24:25]  ¹⁰ tn On the syntax of this infinitival construction, see BDAG 364-65 s.v. ἐπί 6.b.