Lukas 4:7

4:7 So then, if ¹  you will worship ²  me, all this will be ³  yours.”

Lukas 11:21

11:21 When a strong man, ⁴  fully armed, guards his own palace, ⁵  his possessions are safe. ⁶ 

Lukas 23:37

23:37 and saying, “If ⁷  you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”

[4:7]  ¹ tn This is a third class condition: “If you worship me (and I am not saying whether you will or will not)…”

[4:7]  ² tn Or “will prostrate yourself in worship before…” The verb προσκυνέω (proskunew) can allude not only to the act of worship but the position of the worshiper. See L&N 53.56.

[4:7]  ³ tn One could translate this phrase “it will all be yours.” The sense is the same, but the translation given is a touch more emphatic and more likely to catch the force of the offer.

[11:21]  ⁴ tn The referent of the expression “a strong man” is Satan.

[11:21]  ⁵ tn The word αὐλή (aulh) describes any building large and elaborate enough to have an interior courtyard, thus “dwelling, palace, mansion” (L&N 7.6).

[11:21]  ⁶ tn Grk “his goods are in peace.”

[23:37]  ⁷ tn This is also a first class condition in the Greek text.