Lukas 3:7

3:7 So John ¹  said to the crowds ²  that came out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers! ³  Who warned you to flee ⁴  from the coming wrath?

Lukas 19:3

19:3 He ⁵  was trying to get a look at Jesus, ⁶  but being a short man he could not see over the crowd. ⁷ 

[3:7]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:7]  ² sn The crowds. It is interesting to trace references to “the crowd” in Luke. It is sometimes noted favorably, other times less so. The singular appears 25 times in Luke while the plural occurs 16 times. Matt 3:7 singles out the Sadducees and Pharisees here.

[3:7]  ³ tn Or “snakes.”

[3:7]  ⁴ sn The rebuke “Who warned you to flee…?” compares the crowd to snakes who flee their desert holes when the heat of a fire drives them out.

[19:3]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “He was trying to see who Jesus was.”

[19:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “and he was not able to because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.”