Lukas 22:59

22:59 And after about an hour still another insisted, ¹  “Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.” ² 

Lukas 4:25

4:25 But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, ³  when the sky ⁴  was shut up three and a half years, and ⁵  there was a great famine over all the land.

Lukas 20:21

20:21 Thus ⁶  they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, ⁷  and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ⁸ 

[22:59]  ¹ tn Grk “insisted, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated here.

[22:59]  ² sn According to Mark 14:70 it was Peter’s accent that gave him away as a Galilean.

[4:25]  ³ sn Elijah’s days. Jesus, by discussing Elijah and Elisha, pictures one of the lowest periods in Israel’s history. These examples, along with v. 24, also show that Jesus is making prophetic claims as well as messianic ones. See 1 Kgs 17-18.

[4:25]  ⁴ tn Or “the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. Since the context here refers to a drought (which produced the famine), “sky” is preferable.

[4:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “as.” The particle ὡς can also function temporally (see BDAG 1105-6 s.v. 8).

[20:21]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the plans by the spies.

[20:21]  ⁷ tn Or “precisely”; Grk “rightly.” Jesus teaches exactly, the straight and narrow.

[20:21]  ⁸ sn Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Very few comments are as deceitful as this one; they did not really believe this at all. The question was specifically designed to trap Jesus.