Lukas 8:39

8:39 “Return to your home, ¹  and declare ²  what God has done for you.” ³  So ⁴  he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town ⁵  what Jesus ⁶  had done for him.

Lukas 19:9

19:9 Then ⁷  Jesus said to him, “Today salvation ⁸  has come to this household, ⁹  because he too is a son of Abraham! ¹⁰ 

[8:39]  ¹ tn Grk “your house.”

[8:39]  ² tn Or “describe.”

[8:39]  ³ sn Jesus instructs the man to declare what God has done for him, in contrast to the usual instructions (e.g., 8:56; 9:21) to remain silent. Here in Gentile territory Jesus allowed more open discussion of his ministry. D. L. Bock (Luke [BECNT], 1:781) suggests that with few Jewish religious representatives present, there would be less danger of misunderstanding Jesus’ ministry as political.

[8:39]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the man’s response to Jesus’ instructions.

[8:39]  ⁵ tn Or “city.”

[8:39]  ⁶ sn Note that the man could not separate what God had done from the one through whom God had done it (what Jesus had done for him). This man was called to witness to God’s goodness at home.

[19:9]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative

[19:9]  ⁸ sn This is one of the few uses of the specific term salvation in Luke (1:69, 71, 77), though the concept runs throughout the Gospel.

[19:9]  ⁹ sn The household is not a reference to the building, but to the people who lived within it (L&N 10.8).

[19:9]  ¹⁰ sn Zacchaeus was personally affirmed by Jesus as a descendant (son) of Abraham and a member of God’s family.