Lukas 7:25

7:25 What ¹  did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy ²  clothes? ³  Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury ⁴  are in kings’ courts! ⁵ 

Lukas 8:15

8:15 But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing ⁶  the word, cling to it ⁷  with an honest and good ⁸  heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance. ⁹ 

Lukas 16:23

16:23 And in hell, ¹⁰  as he was in torment, ¹¹  he looked up ¹²  and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. ¹³ 

Lukas 21:21

21:21 Then those who are in Judea must flee ¹⁴  to the mountains. Those ¹⁵  who are inside the city must depart. Those ¹⁶  who are out in the country must not enter it,

[7:25]  ¹ tn Grk “But what.” Here ἀλλά (alla, a strong contrastive in Greek) produces a somewhat awkward sense in English, and has not been translated. The same situation occurs at the beginning of v. 26.

[7:25]  ² tn Or “soft”; see L&N 79.100.

[7:25]  ³ sn The reference to fancy clothes makes the point that John was not rich or powerful, in that he did not come from the wealthy classes.

[7:25]  ⁴ tn See L&N 88.253, “to revel, to carouse, to live a life of luxury.”

[7:25]  ⁵ tn Or “palaces.”

[8:15]  ⁶ tn The aorist participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally, reflecting action antecedent (prior to) that of the main verb.

[8:15]  ⁷ sn There is a tenacity that is a part of spiritual fruitfulness.

[8:15]  ⁸ sn In an ancient context, the qualifier good described the ethical person who possessed integrity. Here it is integrity concerning God’s revelation through Jesus.

[8:15]  ⁹ sn Given the pressures noted in the previous soils, bearing fruit takes time (steadfast endurance), just as it does for the farmer. See Jas 1:2-4.

[16:23]  ¹⁰ sn The Greek term Hades stands for the Hebrew concept of Sheol. It is what is called hell today. This is where the dead were gathered (Ps 16:10; 86:13). In the NT Hades has an additional negative force of awaiting judgment (Rev 20:13).

[16:23]  ¹¹ sn Hades is a place of torment, especially as one knows that he is separated from God.

[16:23]  ¹² tn Grk “he lifted up his eyes” (an idiom).

[16:23]  ¹³ tn Grk “in his bosom,” the same phrase used in 16:22. This idiom refers to heaven and/or participation in the eschatological banquet. An appropriate modern equivalent is “at Abraham’s side.”

[21:21]  ¹⁴ sn Fleeing to the mountains is a key OT image: Gen 19:17; Judg 6:2; Isa 15:5; Jer 16:16; Zech 14:5.

[21:21]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:21]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.