Lukas 7:26

7:26 What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more ¹  than a prophet.

Lukas 4:17

4:17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He ²  unrolled ³  the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Lukas 4:27

4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, ⁴  yet ⁵  none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” ⁶ 

Lukas 3:4

3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

“The voice ⁷  of one shouting in the wilderness: ⁸ 

‘Prepare the way for the Lord,

make ⁹  his paths straight.

[7:26]  ¹ tn John the Baptist is “more” because he introduces the one (Jesus) who brings the new era. The term is neuter, but may be understood as masculine in this context (BDAG 806 s.v. περισσότερος b.).

[4:17]  ² tn Grk “And unrolling the scroll he found.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Instead a new sentence has been started in the translation.

[4:17]  ³ tn Grk “opening,” but a scroll of this period would have to be unrolled. The participle ἀναπτύξας (anaptuxa") has been translated as a finite verb due to the requirements of contemporary English style.

[4:27]  ⁴ sn On Elisha see 2 Kgs 5:1-14.

[4:27]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.

[4:27]  ⁶ sn The reference to Naaman the Syrian (see 2 Kgs 5:1-24) is another example where an outsider and Gentile was blessed. The stress in the example is the missed opportunity of the people to experience God’s work, but it will still go on without them.

[3:4]  ⁷ tn Or “A voice.”

[3:4]  ⁸ tn Or “desert.” The syntactic position of the phrase “in the wilderness” is unclear in both Luke and the LXX. The MT favors taking it with “Prepare a way,” while the LXX takes it with “a voice shouting.” If the former, the meaning would be that such preparation should be done “in the wilderness.” If the latter, the meaning would be that the place from where John’s ministry went forth was “in the wilderness.” There are Jewish materials that support both renderings: 1QS 8:14 and 9.19-20 support the MT while certain rabbinic texts favor the LXX (see D. L. Bock, Luke [BECNT], 1:290-91). While it is not absolutely necessary that a call in the wilderness led to a response in the wilderness, it is not unlikely that such would be the case. Thus, in the final analysis, the net effect between the two choices may be minimal. In any case, a majority of commentators and translations take “in the wilderness” with “The voice of one shouting” (D. L. Bock; R. H. Stein, Luke [NAC], 129; I. H. Marshall, Luke [NIGTC], 136; NIV, NRSV, NKJV, NLT, NASB, REB).

[3:4]  ⁹ tn This call to “make paths straight” in this context is probably an allusion to preparation through repentance as the verb ποιέω (poiew) reappears in vv. 8, 10, 11, 12, 14.