Lukas 1:18

1:18 Zechariah ¹  said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? ²  For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.” ³ 

Lukas 2:49

2:49 But ⁴  he replied, ⁵  “Why were you looking for me? ⁶  Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?” ⁷ 

Lukas 6:2

6:2 But some of the Pharisees ⁸  said, “Why are you ⁹  doing what is against the law ¹⁰  on the Sabbath?”

Lukas 12:4

12:4 “I ¹¹  tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, ¹²  and after that have nothing more they can do.

[1:18]  ¹ tn Grk “And Zechariah.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:18]  ² tn Grk “How will I know this?”

[1:18]  ³ tn Grk “is advanced in days” (an idiom for old age).

[2:49]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

[2:49]  ⁵ tn Grk “he said to them.”

[2:49]  ⁶ tn Grk “Why is it that you were looking for me?”

[2:49]  ⁷ tn Or “I must be about my Father’s business” (so KJV, NKJV); Grk “in the [things] of my Father,” with an ellipsis. This verse involves an idiom that probably refers to the necessity of Jesus being involved in the instruction about God, given what he is doing. The most widely held view today takes this as a reference to the temple as the Father’s house. Jesus is saying that his parents should have known where he was.

[6:2]  ⁸ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[6:2]  ⁹ tn Note that the verb is second person plural (with an understood plural pronominal subject in Greek). The charge is again indirectly made against Jesus by charging the disciples.

[6:2]  ¹⁰ sn The alleged violation expressed by the phrase what is against the law is performing work on the Sabbath. That the disciples ate from such a field is no problem given Deut 23:25, but Sabbath activity is another matter in the leaders’ view (Exod 20:8-11 and Mishnah, m. Shabbat 7.2). The supposed violation involved reaping, threshing, winnowing, and preparing food. This probably explains why the clause describing the disciples “rubbing” the heads of grain in their hands is mentioned last, in emphatic position. This was preparation of food.

[12:4]  ¹¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:4]  ¹² sn Judaism had a similar exhortation in 4 Macc 13:14-15.