Lukas 7:30

7:30 However, the Pharisees ¹  and the experts in religious law ²  rejected God’s purpose ³  for themselves, because they had not been baptized ⁴  by John. ⁵ ) ⁶ 

Lukas 9:46-47

Concerning the Greatest

9:46 Now an argument started among the disciples ⁷  as to which of them might be ⁸  the greatest. 9:47 But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, ⁹  he took a child, had him stand by ¹⁰  his side,

[7:30]  ¹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[7:30]  ² tn That is, the experts in the interpretation of the Mosaic law (see also Luke 5:17, although the Greek term is not identical there, and Luke 10:25, where it is the same).

[7:30]  ³ tn Or “plan.”

[7:30]  ⁴ tn The participle βαπτισθέντες (baptisqente") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle; it could also be translated as means (“for themselves, by not having been baptized”). This is similar to the translation found in the NRSV.

[7:30]  ⁵ tn Grk “by him”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:30]  ⁶ sn Luke 7:29-30 forms something of an aside by the author. To indicate this, they have been placed in parentheses.

[9:46]  ⁷ tn Grk “among them”; the referent (the disciples) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:46]  ⁸ tn The use of the optative mood means the answer is not clear (BDF §§267.2.3; 385.2.2).

[9:47]  ⁹ tn Grk “knowing the thoughts of their hearts” (an idiom).

[9:47]  ¹⁰ tn On this use of παρά (para), see BDF §239.1.1.